Fire danger is high.  The nearby Public Lands are under some restrictions - certain kinds of equipment may only be used in the mornings, open fires are prohibited outside designated camping areas.  We did have some high humidity days this week and 0.04" of rain.  Soil is dry and dusty unless it is regularly irrigated.  Crops are growing pretty well.  Blackberries are ripening a little bit early, on the other hand, thimble berries ripened a bit late.  My lawn is mostly dry grass with only the blooming stems of weeds to mow.  Fawns are now sometimes seen foraging with their mothers, and running away from their mothers, to the consternation of both their mothers and local traffic - as foolish fawns dash back and forth across the road.  The barn cats have found easy prey lately in the young of rodents and birds.  We had a weak thunderstorm, besides a little lightning and thunder, wind and rain, it made for fun bird watching, as numbers of birds took to the sky during the storm.  I think the worst of tick season may be behind us, and now fleas seem to be increasing.  Bees are plentiful, but we haven't noticed many wasps yet.  A certain type of small ant is plentiful - I think it may be a thatch ant.  Blackberry vines have grown long runners, as has the grape vine.  I spend time nearly every day pruning.  People are playing in the local creek and the Clackamas River.  This weather suits the road repair crews, and they are working here and there, which causes traffic delays.  The power company asked for power shifting on 2 days this past week when it was really warm.  We lost power for a couple hours after the thunderstorm, but we don't know if the thunderstorm had anything to do with it.