The schoolhouse is very still this morning before anyone is up. There are birds singing, but the magpies are also not up yet. I’ve always thought magpies chatter like so many school children. Yesterday clouded over and stayed that way all day. There was even some Seattle style rain in the afternoon, though not enough for the ranchers. We hiked to the Daisy Narrows with the family… all lingering from the July 4th holiday.