Crime Wave Abates or Something

The hippopotamus is a new resident, but it's the same stegosaurus as used to live on the book sculpture, although now it's a new color.  Could be there's more than one of them around, I guess.  But what about the ruffled lizard?

And the smoke from the B.C. forest fires went back north yesterday.  And the 4th of July is over.  But still a lot of bike riders on the roads.  The second crop of lilies are beginning to bloom, the raspberries and strawberries are producing edible fruit, the horsetail (once again uneradicated) is going to seed.   Fewer raccoon sightings.  Summer...If we can just stay awake.