The Colors of June! (Politics Free)

I’ve mentioned before what a joy it is in the summer here in Alaska.  After months on end where the outside eye sees nothing but white, grey, dark grey, ecru, eggshell, off-white, beige, brown, bright white….(you get the idea), we’ve finally hit the season of color.  Mid-June is probably the most colorful of all.  I’ve been watching the rose buds swell, waiting for them to bloom, and now, looking out over the wooded hillside near my house, it is speckled with pink as far as the eye can see, as though someone threw confetti.  As the eye adjusts, patches of…