WEATHER: Beastly hot! Highs up here on the mountain 105+, higher in valley below
As I was brushing my teeth this morning, still half asleep, I saw what appeared to be a black line in the tile. Strange....then, I realized it was moving! It was an army of ants making its way from the window sill, through the shower, across the bathroom floor, then up to the bag of dry cat food on top of the bathtub. The package was closed, but they were swarming it. The hot weather is bringing them out. The poor cats cannot eat their food as the ants are crowding them out. I made each cat his/her own bowl in a moat of water to keep the ants away from their food.
We filled up water containers under the foo-drying table to keep the ants from crawling over our fruit.
It was a long day, as we didn't feel like doing anything in the heat. There is an irrigation system here, but there are some sections of the garden that don't get water. George hand-watered them.
After it cooled off, we cut up fruit and tomatoes for drying. Asian pears.....
Paola cutting pears, too.... We also sliced some tomatoes to make sun-dried tomatoes.
I have been busy writing a newspaper article about our travels for our local (Rochester, MN) newspaper. Alexis's friend helped me to create the map of our route. 
Red-2013
Green-2014
Blue-2015
We'll see if they publish it.
DINNER: Rainbow salad, a recipe I found from The Splendid Table. Shredded red cabbage, diced cucumber, shredded carrots, and lettuce, with an avocado/lemon dressing. Nice and cool.
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