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Dear Diary,

We got two heavy but brief showers yesterday with no lightning.  Far less than we need but refreshing nonetheless.  The Dragonflies have been diminishing in recent days so I thought I would feature one today.  I caught this lovely glowing one taking a rest in the garden.  The light made it look as if it were made out of gold!  A fleeting but magical moment. 

The scorching heat has passed for now and it will be a perfect day for garden puttering.   Speaking of gardens, I did my first Zoom Webinar yesterday.  Each year I attend the Olmstead Lecture at the Maine Historical Society.  This year it had to be done on-line via Zoom.  It was about my favorite landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand.  If you care to know a bit more about this amazing woman here's a link to a short film trailer about her life and work.  I've visited her gardens on Mount Desert Island in Maine and they are wonderful.