This is probably a four to four-and-a-half pound lobster; Mr Benedict shows he is the maximum allowable catch size using his gauge

This past week had another belt of rain, keeping pressure on the 2012 garden. We have lost cucumbers; the zucchini and sunflowers never came up. Store purchased tomato plants are near death: too cold, too wet, and too many pests.

Out on the bog, we have found a red-wing blackbird who is now regularly cruising at dusk, happily singing and eating whatever they like to eat: little bugs on old trees or among the grasses?