A little Song-Sparrow

We had another lazy summer-week, not much going on, still warm but fortunately not too crazy ..  just same ol', same ol' ..

I went for a few walks although it's still a little too warm for me, I can't wait for it to cool down.
Nature is sort-of lazy too, other than some butterflies and LBBs (Little Brown Birds), there's not much stirring.
Not that they're not pretty in their own way of course. Like this dainty Song Sparrow ..

Or this pretty Pearl Crescent ...

Or this one, new to me, an Eastern Comma:

At first I though it was badly damaged, look at those ruffled wings, but no, that's exactly like he should look like, with 'jagged edges' and a 'hooked silver 'comma' on it's hind wings'. (if you look real careful you'll see them on the edges).

Whenever I go for my walks I pass a lot of 'seasonals', people who live here all summer. Some have put a lot of work in making their RVs look like 'home' ... and than some ..

I took some pics, just for fun:

This next one apparently was 'flocked'. I looked it up 'http://www.pinklawnflamingos.com/flamingo_fundraisers.php', and it's a 'thing'. 

It's used as a fundraiser for school or other charitable organizations, and when you find them in your yard you better pay up, play the game and move them forward!

$5 If you play along and move them yourself, $10 if you let others move them for you ..

The truck and RV are doing very well, so far, until we had some heavy rain the other day and I woke up to buckets (under water dripping from the ceiling) in the living room, and a note not to use the AC!

We were a little stumped what caused it. 
I've been cleaning the roof and did not find any holes or rips, but when we finally took off  the shroud, disconnected the AC, and lifted it away from where it was sitting ... we found some pinholes around the edge ...

Apparently earlier this year in Louisiana, when we tightened the screws that hold the AC on the roof  (we had some condensation drips inside the AC),  some little screws that stick out (too far) from holding the body of the AC together, poked through the rubber roof!

Oh well, nothing that a little caulking (or a lot, if your name is James) can't fix!

 

Since James had only one day off this week (another dead-line at work), we didn't do any sight-seeing, but we went to Williamsville to get our weekly groceries, and went for a late afternoon/ twilight round of golf at  the Buffalo Tournament Club.

    

Where we met with another of Phil's cousins (Punxsutawney Phil Sowerby's that is)!

This summer has been a little on the 'too hot' side to do many outside dinners, we rather eat inside where the air-conditioning is blowing, but every now and than it gets a little cooler in the evening, and we'll move everything outside:

                

Yeah, you didn't think Merl wasn't there, did you ... of course he is!
                                    

       

          Busy eating, but what the heck ... ?

                                                                     
This is what they watched going by ..  the weekly 'Hayride'

The campground's kids, and even some adults, are loaded up on the hay-cart and pulled through the park .. I guess it's good old summer-fun, especially with the beautiful evenings we're having!

OK, time to call it quits. It's almost 5 o'clock .. which means .. happy-hour at the Hess's!