Over the past couple of days we have been seeing more wildlife while taking our morning walks. Today we saw a coyote running through the pasture across the road from our house. It is unusual to see them during the daylight hours. As we got further down the road, we could see some deer standing a neighbor's yard--we had a fawn standing in our own driveway a couple of days ago. It is fun to see the different animal tracks on the road as we walk. We found a spot today where the beaver have been crossing the road and have started plugging up a culvert. When John was on the town board, he would have had to deal with that problem--now it belongs to someone else.

After breakfast John did his PT exercises and then we headed up to church. We saw Hanna and Rachel right away and then spied Sam. We were really surprised to see him there. He was the center of a lot of attention with people wanting to know what had happened to his arm and how he injured it. During the service he sat in the back with his arm propped up with a couple of pillows. I think he was probably glad to get out of the house for a little while--Sara said he was going stir crazy just laying around and watching TV.

John took some time this afternoon to mow the lawn once again. Now that cooler weather has arrived we can only hope the grass will stop growing and maybe the lawn cutting will come to an end. Since we are having company tomorrow, I took some time to straighten up around the house and get some food prepared. Our evening was pretty quiet and uneventful.