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Harts Pass No. 357

GRRRaaaaaaahhhmaaa! Just in case you can't read the hand lettering above :) Part and parcel of many high stress situations... and a passing phase as usual.

Harts Pass No. 356

Last week's Harts Pass. A few friends have 9th grade kids off to school away from home next year... THAT would be pretty rough, but great of course if the kids are excited about it!

Harts Pass No. 355

A few fires in the south valley last week... which were amazingly and quickly under control. And a new one this weekend to the north and west. Summer in the wild west indeed!

Harts Pass No. 354

People (and marmots) get excited about things in vastly different ways. I mean sure, there are some common instances of general excitability... but then there are those finer lines or variations on a theme. Hope that you're enjoying summer -- whether it it shows or not :)

Hart Pass No. 353

Happy 4th of July week :)

Harts Pass No. 352

And the grass IS really tall this year!

Harts Pass No. 351

My daughter and I were out for a run last week - and were attacked by a Goshawk! This happened to me maybe six or seven years ago and I know that the same bird has been equally aggressive with a few other friends and neighbors that have likewise accidentally ventured too close to its nest (which I still haven't actually seen BTW). At various other times I've encountered cougars, black bears and protective mother mule deer (almost as aggressive as the goshawk) but being chased through the woods by a taloned falcon is pretty much the scariest encounter of them all!

Harts Pass No. 350

Gack! My comic from last week -- to be follow shortly by the strip for 6.21. Now that summer is officially here, be sure so save some lazy days!

Harts Pass No. 349

Graduation was last week at our local high school, but the critters at Harts Pass are wise beyond their years as per usual. G'day mate!

Harts Pass No. 348

Spiders invading the house... and the Paris Climate Agreement on my mind.