Summer in Sitka(finally)

Well, it's the end of July and we finally have a day worth calling summer. Of course with all the excessive heat in the lower 48 we are glad to have upper 50's. Today however it was upper 60's with blue skies and tomorrow is supposed to be the same. Of course this may be it. We have been told that this is an unsually cool/wet summer, so maybe it will get better.
With the cool weather the berry crops are really low. Usually I guess there are tons of salmonberries, blueberries, etc in the woods. There is worry that the bears could be a problem. No berries and the salmon haven't started going up the rivers yet so the bears may get bored. D'Artagnan and I took a walk last evening and saw a bear(yes-grizzlies) in a meadow. Today at a Church picnic we could see the salmon jumping out of the water at the beach...prepping to move upstream.
Our flowers are finally going strong...roses, foxgloves, peonies, and a bunch of things I don't know. We haven't messed with the flower beds since we didn't know what was there. They turned out very nice. The lawn has turned out pretty good considering it doesn't appear to have been taken care of for a while. We don't have much lawn, but it is set up nicely.