When we were living in Colorado Springs there was a den of coyotes not far from the house. Whenever a reasonably full moon would rise, they’d start howling until the moon was at least half way up the sky. Now that the wolves have been re-introduced into our area, I wonder what they sound like when the moon is rising. Coyotes would yip and yowl which is probably a poor imitation of what wolves do on nights like tonight.

This evening we were at the Kinport Branch picnic. That’s the Church unit that serves at the Womens Prison and where Nina is the Relief Society President. There was a good group there, lots of food, and a good time for all. We played a kind of a bingo game that I’ve never even heard of before, called Playing Card Bingo (or something like that … the name doesn’t come up on a Google search).

We played with eight people and three decks of cards. One deck is dealt out to one group of four players, the other deck dealt out to the other four players. All cards are turned up. Then the third deck is turned up one card at a time. Whomever has that card, turns the card over. The first player to turn over all thirteen of their cards wins the hand. We had a fun time playing and visiting.

Tomorrow morning starts early and goes late. First Sunday in my new Church assignment. I’ve gone from being fairly unbusy to being very busy. It’ll soon become routine, I’m thinking.

We haven’t had any measurable precipitation for about three months. Today I mowed the grass and trimmed the edges and that’ll probably be the last time this year. We’re going to be doing a fair amount of traveling over the next six weeks so I shouldn’t have to be concerned about the yard while we’re gone.

Well, wolves may howl at the moon, but I’d rather be studying the back of my eyelids!