Tidbits from a Busy Time

My Lady wasn't kidding when she said we had a lot to do scheduled this summer. Most of the individual events of the past couple fo weeks have been worthy of their own musings, but I didn't have time at the moment to take inspiration from them properly. I can make a few notes, though, in chronological order...
( Let me 'splain. No, it is too complicated. Let me sum up... )