Life On Regal-Hill by Gail Hillriegel

I love watching baseball on TV and look forward to seeing the 81st Annual All Star Game from Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The game was actually played last night (Tuesday), but I write this column earlier in the week. The roster for each team was expanded to 34 players for this year. Hall of Famers Rod Carew and Reggie Jackson were the Grand Marshalls for the opening ceremonies.

George was already mowing grass across the road from our house yesterday when I started out for my walk here at Regal-Hill. The sky was rather cloudy and I thought he was making a mistake by mowing. Then I remembered that Saturday was the last time any loads of chopped grass had been added to the silo, so it was good that he was getting ready to add more grass.

We all know that every year on July 4 we celebrate the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence. How much about the birthday of our country do you really know? Take this quiz and see. (Don’t worry; I didn’t know all the answers either.)

I recently found some information about how June Dairy Month started. I thought you might find it interesting. June Dairy Month began as an annual tradition back in 1937 and was called National Milk Month. It was sponsored by chain stores with the theme, “Keep Youthful-Drink Milk.” It was originally supported by the National Dairy Council (NDC) and was established to help stabilize dairy demand during periods of peak production.

We finally got some much needed rain here at Regal-Hill on Sunday. I am really glad since the ground was getting very dry and I was too lazy to water the plants myself. The weather forecast kept predicting showers and a chance of severe thundershowers for days but we didn’t get them. The ground was getting drier and drier.