In anticipation of  its new season - which starts June 2nd - I recently managed to catch up on all of the episodes of the A & E television series, Longmire. Having done so, I thought that this show and the books on which they are based, would be great recommendations for this month. The stories are set in fictional Absaroka County, Wyoming - though the show is filmed in New Mexico.  Featuring ranchers, developers, big business, and Cheyenne Indians living on a reservation, The Walt Longmire Mysteries are modern day westerns for fans of the mystery- crime genre. With suspenseful storylines,  intricate characters, and complex issues the stories/episodes have a lot to recommend them.
     The central character, dry-witted Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor), is a brooding yet spiritual lawman who, with the moral support of his adult daughter, Cady (Cassidy Freeman), is recovering from the death of his wife. Assisted by his life-long friend, bar owner Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips), and his deputies - Victoria Moretti (Katee Sackhoff), Branch Connally (Bailey Chase) and The Ferg (Adam Bartley) - Longmire struggles to uphold the law and yet follow his conscience in a world more complicated than that of the westerns of old, one in which the bad guys aren't always recognizable by their black hats. As the series develops, so do the characters, and it turns out that criminals aren't the only ones with secrets to hide.  If you get a chance to watch the show or read the books, I hope that you enjoy them!
    Do you have any books, shows or movies to recommend?

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  June is a wonderful time for roses in the garden, and so of course, it is appropriate that it is National Rose Month. Our roses at The Morning Star got off to a late start these year, but have been loving the late spring weather. Here is a photo that I took yesterday of blooms on our Livin' Easy rose bush. Livin' Easy is an apricot to coral-colored floribunda that blooms from spring to mid-autumn. Its colors remind me of a brilliant sunset. It is a wonderfully cheerful garden specimen.