Approaching Solstice
The time to sleep is no longer the standard Hoarfrost River Dairy Farmer schedule of 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. The time to sleep now is about 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. It takes hours for the upstairs floor of the house to leak off its accumulated heat, for the dogs to romp and play from 10 to 2 after a day of lying semi-comatose in the hot sun, and for the mosquitoes to have their snacks and leave us alone in our beds.