A Trying July

It's been a rough past couple of weeks without much relief in sight. My supervisor at work has had my nights off split to Tuesday and Saturday rather than my normal Tuesday & Wednesday making getting things done at home more difficult.  Working around my schedule I have managed to get most of my lawn mowed though.
We've been having some afternoon & evening rain which helps the gardens grow but makes mowing a bit more of a challenge. I've only a brief window between the time the yard dries enough and it's just too damned hot to work outside.

My new ducklings are supposed to arrive in early August so I'm trying to get them a shelter & shade built of some of my scrap lumber. I rooted around the wood pile and think I should have enough for a 2' x 6' x 3' tall brooder house. All I have to do is push myself through the heat... measure, cut and nail the thing together.
The ducklings are incubator hatched and not by their moms so they lack the natural oils to protect their fuzz until they fledge and get real feathers. Ergo it is imperative that they be kept dry and don't have deep enough water to swim in so I'll need to find several pans for water not more than a couple of inches deep. I'm sure I can scare up enough so they can keep hydrated and still safe and dry.

Meanwhile Ruth & Naomi, the sugar gliders think the cucumbers from "Papa Possum's" garden are the best treats in the world! I'm sketching out a new enclosure for them large enough that they can actually jump and glide in. I'm thinking perhaps 2' x 6' x 4' tall. I'd also love to find a male glider but that's not even penciled in at present.

I'm down to a mere 5 possibly viable bearded dragon eggs of the 27 first laid... less than 20% already which is rather disappointing but this is my first attempt (and unexpected at that) at raising dragons so even if none hatch I can count it as a learning experience.

The molly fish are still spewing babies rather regularly but few survive to adulthood. I've a 5 sided tank, I think 30 gallon or so that I'm letting the water age in to move some of the mollies into and possibly purchase a few black lyre tail mollies to cross breed and see what those babes look like.

All said and done, all I can do is work as hard as I can to keep moving ahead. Any conflicts at work or elsewhere I put into God's hands. He never turned His back on me even when I turned mine to Him.