July is here and summer has finally arrived, even though we need it I thought the rainy season was stuck in the (on) position and was going to stay that way for the rest of the year.

     Our Flathead Lake is full up to the brim and is so beautiful. The fishing has suffered some with all the rain causing fish food, worms insects etc. to wash into the water, so the fish are pretty well fed! and are more choosy what they bite on! However if the right bait is thrown out there they will accept it!

     Again we have a big assortment of our feathered friends dining on the seed in our bird feeder, including one that we have pictured in this issue, the "Lazuli Bunting". They are such a pretty bird with bright blue head feathers and we don't see them all that often around our home.

     We have had the pleasure of the visit of my brother Ken and wife Jan, they plan on being back again later this summer. Also, our daughter Heidi and two of her daughters, our granddaughters Marie with hubby Jason, and Michelle are due in for a few days around the 27th of June, this will have happened by post time.

     Yep they made it alright and right on time, how nice it is to have family around to visit with and spend quality time with. Daughter Heidi and Granddaughter Michelle and I stole time to do a few bicycle miles here on the local bike path. It was late evening nice & cool with a nice breeze from (Behind) on the trip back, that always helps out on the way home.