These days my great pleasure is relaxing outside on the lawn after an arduous 10-hour workday.
We’re enjoying the long days of summer, where it’s light past 8PM in Milwaukee. My apartment building is enclosed in a copse of tall trees. Even on 90F+ days the yard is comfortable, shady and breezy in the evening.
After work, feeling achy and tired (in a good way) I take a folding chair downstairs to relax, carrying a bag with a couple of beers and a book.
My bird friends put on a show. My feeders attract sparrows (by the dozen), woodpeckers and goldfinches. Robins hop around among the shrubs looking for bugs. When the sun sets, the birds retire and fireflies take the stage.
Then it’s too dark to read. I close the book, fold the chair and haul my kit back upstairs.
Nighty night.