Our well has been repaired (broken impellers) and the new overhead door for the machine shed installed. It took two and a half months to get the door because of back ordered parts. Our situation with broken supply chains is occurring worldwide. I was visiting with a lady who told me she placed an order for replacement windows for her house in June and was told not to expect them until November. A few weeks ago I heard an unfamiliar call from up in the trees on the acreage and spotted two larger than average birds, both sporting a dash of red and white. It took a few days of observation while out and about until I finally was able to get a good enough look to identify two pileated woodpeckers. They stuck around for close to three weeks and seemed to be bickering with each other, not mating. Then they were gone. In early August we noticed all of the robins were gone, and they remain so. We have had about the usual amount of fireflies drifting about and dragonflies buzzing around but very few monarch butterflies and no painted ladies. We have a few toads again this year, with a new addition: tiny frogs, about the size of a penny. When walking through the grass they will leap out of the way, jumping up to two feet at a time, while the toads will just sit and watch you pass by.