Field Notes- Wednesday, June 28th. Cloudy, Damp, Wet, Dismal with Mosquitos.

 Not always Fun to be Royal.  Or to be an Orphan.

Well, the netting over the Ornamental Planters worked last night. Nothing was eaten to the ground. Things are very damp an mosquitos are very blood thirsty.....  I have all the house lamps on.

Reading a YA book written by author of an Adult book I enjoyed.  Firkins.  The Librarian in charge of this YA section- in another Town that isn't mine (Wells),  is selecting some very good books.  Hearts, Strings and other Breakable Things.  The lead in this book is 17.  Her mother has died and she's been in care for a few months but now her well to do aunt wants to be "charitable" and take her in for the 3 months prior to the girl going off to college... not Yale.  She was accepted but no one is stepping up to pay tuition.  The Aunt  (the girl's mother's sister) is living in the grandparent's home in a neighborhood the 17 year old has lived in before, upscale and wealthy.....childhood friends etc from summer spent with her grandparents..

In all this, I wonder where the father of this child is.......how he has gotten off without any obligations. And why didn't the well to do grandparents set aside money for college?  

I have quite a few questions as you can see.  Birds are behaving oddly outside the windows.  It's like they have all suffered brain injuries. Well......that's it for now.  It will be another quiet day here in Maine.