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| Smoke from the Colockum fire |
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| Flowers Mother Nature planted by our porch. |
Wednesday 7/31. Another hazy morning. Dinga is used to snapping at flies that bother her, but now the flying bothers are mostly yellow jackets. So this morning she finally got bitten on her upper lip. It is a little swollen and obviously bothered her at first. She didn't yip though. And it didn't teach her anything. . .
After JB left and I ate lunch, I went out to split the cherry wood. Found a small niche in the wood shed where I can keep it stacked separately. But halfway through splitting the second load, the yellow jackets got so thick that I had to quit and go in the house. It really wasn't hot out, just hazy and muggy. There are more yellow jackets at the hummingbird feeders than there are birds. I did manage to get one more load done later on.
Initially JB wanted to use the cherry wood for the smoke house he plans to build next year, but as I started splitting it I noticed that is smelled more like sweaty feet than a good smoking wood. And I am an authority on sweaty feet. The tree was cut several years ago and has been sitting out in the damp Seattle climate, so we will just use it for the wood stove.
Dinga again chased turkeys into the trees on our afternoon walk. Probably the same ones from this morning, but they had moved down by the garden. They were really chattering at her from their branch perches.
The wind picked up and a few raindrops fell a little after JB returned home at 4:00 pm, as if announcing an impending shower. But it was short lived. The Colockum fire blew up again and there was a lot more smoke to the southeast.
On Monday JB had discovered a sale on the last season of "The Closer", finally! So we have been watching that in the evenings. Am looking forward to seeing "Major Crimes" also.
Thursday 8/1. Partly cloudy and 59 with a light haze from the smoke.
A man from the well company called about 8:00 am and was on his way. JB drove down to meet him at the gate and lead him up, as he doesn't have to leave for his ultrasound until about 3:00 pm. Within an hour and a half of arriving, not only was the pitless adapter fixed, but he had also replaced the pinched pipe! We were still only able to get about 15 minutes worth of water pumped, but it was flowing in nicely with nothing leaking back out. We'll just keep plugging along.
We heard thunder off and on in the distance to the south in the afternoon, but the sun was shining through the haze over us. Our high was 74, but the air was very heavy and my sinuses were screaming.
On our afternoon walk I could see rain falling from the huge thunder cloud to the south over the fire. I can only hope they were getting enough rain to help put it out. We were on the north edge of the storm and received scattered showers while the thunder edged closer. Then there was a downpour for about an hour, during which JB arrived home. And then it was gone.
Friday 8/2. Rain began falling again shortly after 4:30 am when I let the dogs out. After a week of doctor appointments and two days of not being able to eat lunch because of his tests, JB slept in. I did too.
As I write this it is 46 and the rain has just stopped. That's good because RJ and Mike are coming up for the weekend today. It will be Mike's only opportunity this summer because of all his sports activities. We are really looking forward to seeing him.
Thought for the day: The secret to dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. Mell Lazarus
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