On US Route One near Parent Rd.
Van Buren, Maine

Independence Day, 11:10 am: We were lucky yesterday, it didn’t rain, and we got many things done outside. Today, already, it has rained about .25 inch. In June we had 3.89 inches of rain. Since the beginning of July we have had .80 inch of rain. I think evolution is in reverse here; soon we’ll be crawling back into the ocean. Help, I am not an aquatic type of person, I like walking upright!

In my previous weather blog I wrote about a little Jack Russell terrier we rescued literally off of the Trans-Canada Highway near Perth-Andover, New Brunswick. The next day we made up some flyers with our computer and we drove back to the area and the first place we stopped to ask if we could put one up in their window, the clerk said one of their customers lost his dog when he jumped out the window of his car when he stopped in to buy some things. She described the dog right down to the coloring and size. The store was a few miles from where we picked up the dog from the highway. She gave us general directions and the name of the road where the man lived. We passed this information on to our friends, the Brewers who live in Limestone, Maine, which is right across the border. They drove over with the dog and drove along California Settlement Road for about ten miles and asked people at different houses until they located the right house from neighbors. The man wasn’t home, so they left the dog tied to a chain on the front porch. That was one lucky dog! Many thanks to Jim and Gabi Brewer, who took the time to locate the dog’s home, and return him safely to his human.

Weatherwise, we are still keeping our fingers crossed that all of this rain will end soon. I’d like to think that the enormous amounts of rain are behind us, and soaked well into our water table. Until then here is our weather:

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 64° (F.)

Barometer: 29.83 & steady

Humidity: 100%

Wind: SE at 3 mph light & variable

Visibility: < 3 miles

Skies: 100% overcast

Precipitation: .25 inch rain

Since midnight:

Low temp: 50.1 °(F.) at 2:19 am

High wind: 10 mph at 9:39 am