Keoni and Aidan have two whole days of Pennsylvania school under their belt. Both are in new school buildings at their respective sites. Keoni is outside ready for his bus at 7 a.m. in front of our place. Neighbor Joe brings his great-granddaughter in his small tractor to Aidan's stop next door by his driveway that really is a road leading back to some houses hidden in the woods adjoining our property. 

Aidan said there are some soccer players at school, too, which makes him extremely happy. And, he played some football at recesses. Go Aidan. He hates the school bus.

Keoni has a heap of homework tonight and is still working on it as I write. He got in his violin practice, too. He is adjusting back to early rising. After 6:30 a.m. mandatory runs at Interlochen for seven weeks, he was mighty pleased to sleep in late; now it's back to early rising. 

Toby has learned to get out the screen porch to FREEDOM. (Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.) Hard to figure how to remedy the situation without nailing the screen door shut. Wendy let him in the house this morning and right after that he went up to Aidan's room and there was Karma kitty and she CARED about the intrusion. Yowling cat fight next which I ended when I quickly switched on the vacuum cleaner and chased them both out of Aidan's room. They had a very vocal stand-off all morning about 10 feet from each other by the stair well. At last, I put him back on the porch with the screen door latched and bolstered with stuff piled there. Later, in the afternoon he was gone again. He spent most of the time under the porch where the chickens like to hang out and fluff their feathers in the dust. Wendy brought him back on the porch late afternoon. I fed and watered him. Guess he'll turn into an outdoor cat. He is really happy outdoors. There is the barn too, so he'll probably do OK. He is scared of machinery; maybe he'll stay away from the road. I like sitting on the porch with him. He is good company. 

Yesterday, was gathering groceries day. Not easy since we don't have Sprouts and Trader Joe's nearby. Found some local milk we will be trying out by tomorrow morning. Homogenized, from one of the dairy farms not too far away. Deposit on the bottles, so wash and return for no further deposit on next purchase. No hormone treatments. Just pasture and hay in the winter. Today, was clean up all I can and make some corn soup with dumplings. John added watermelon and sliced cheese and beef.

It's hot and my feet hurt.