Weather: About 1 1/2 inches of rain fell in less than two hours Monday AM -- I'm glad we didn't flood at the Art Museum, because City Hall and other nearby places had water in their basements. It also rained a little this morning. After a couple of over-90-degree days at the end of last week, it is a welcome relief.

Wildlife: Two Redtailed Hawks were soaring overhead just east of my house. The deer herd is back -- mostly around Little Foy's Lake -- They have little spotty fawns in tow, and a few of our garden flowers are missing tops lately. Good thing I left those fenceposts in place!

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In the Community: The Compleat Works of Willm. Shkspr (Abridged) outdoors at the college.
The P.A. started crackling, so they shut it off -- it was a calm evening in an ampitheater, so the voices were still heard by everyone. I was pulled out of the crowd for one audience-participation section, made everyone laugh, and got outta there without blowing it -- the actors and writers did the whole job -- all I had to do was react.
One site of many: The Compleat Works of Willm. Shakspr. (abridged)
We have to tear down ALL the shows at the Hockaday Museum of Art, and get a whole new set of exhibits up on the walls by August 5. We are also having our annual outdoor Arts In the Park festival July 23 thru 25, and an after-hours Fun Friday in association with Downtown Kalispell businesses on July 30. (It will be the beginning of my fifth year at The Hockaday.) I'm going on vacation right afterwards!
The director has to cope with a Bibler Gardens fund-raiser for us during the evenings of August 2-6, and the aforementioned reception on the 5th. I hate to miss that reception, but there's someone else on-staff who's able to take pictures now. (She's cat-sitting for us too.)
Hockaday Museum of Art - Prime visual arts resource in Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana.

Media Watch: I can't remember EVERYTHING!
John Huston's Asphalt Jungle was an effective, but overly linear film noir. It helped the young, struggling Marilyn Monroe become a star, for good or bad. We also taped a bunch of B and C grade pre-1936 comedies from TCM last night. (MY kind of cinema -- vaudville on film!)
I've been reading a collection of 100 stories by Ray Bradbury. The book was published in 1980, so there's many more to read now. Ray Bradbury Online - Bibliography - Books
I was pleasantly surprised by The Terminal last weekend -- an entertaining but shallow Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg movie. Catherine Zeta-Jones had an unfortunately demeaning role as an unnecessary love-interest. Nothing in the story survived re-examination, but it was a pleasant ride if you didn't think much. I rarely go to the movies anymore, but since we don't have air-conditioning (see Weather), it was a good evening out.
Here's the sadder back-story: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Travel (Stranded at the Airport)