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| The dogs watching for JB to return from fishing. |
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| Smokey haze hiding the mountains. |
Friday 8/3. I was on my way down to meet Mrs. Gridder for a day of garage saling at 7:30 am. JB left for his day of fishing at 10:00 am. My day turned out to be more successful than JB's. I found a few items, but JB and Larry had no luck catching fish. I was home by 1:00 pm, and JB finally arrived back about 8:00 pm.
They boated out to Larry's fishing hole on the Columbia River, then fished from the shore. JB had slipped and fallen on some rocks while getting back in the boat and was pretty sore.
It was a perfect day for both outings with a nice breeze and a high Up Here of 77.
Saturday 8/4. By 1:30 am, JB was in so much pain that I drove him down to the ER. They had been really backed up, but the waiting room was thinning out by the time we got there a little after 2:00 am. It was an hour before we got into a room, then the doctor ordered a CT scan to be sure JB hadn't injured his spleen. When they were sure it was "just" a broken rib and there was no damage to his spleen, we finally got to leave at 6:30 am. So seven hours after we left home, we were back in bed. Dogs and chickens fed.
Needless to say, it was a very slow day. I did get a load of wash done, but had to use the gasoline generator, as we are still having issues with the propane one.
The yarrow is going to seed, and there are only dried, brown stalks left of the once firey paint brush. Some of the south facing slopes are still a little green, but the dominant color of the ground around the Wenatchee area is yellow. Dried grass yellow.
We have a lot more bees this year and a lot less grasshoppers. The dogs do not enjoy being outside as much this summer because of the bees.
After dinner I pulled some of the dead grass around the house and cut encroaching wild rose shoots. JB spent most of the day just lying down or sitting, although he was told he should not do that every day. He needs to be moving around. Our high for the day was 75 with a light breeze.
Sunday 8/5. It was 64 this morning and the horizons still had a thick, smokey haze.
JB was moving very slowly. It will be eight to twelve weeks before he is back to normal. Definitely going to need some help slicing up those five trees we are having cut down on the 15th.
I finished taking down the rest of the fence except for two sections on which we hung the wasp/bee traps. (These are NOT honey bees I am talking about.) Most of the posts were a real pain in the patootie to get out of the ground, but I managed to pull them out and got all the pieces stacked on the ground by the chicken run.
Also worked on updating our supply list and printing out a new one. Have to have it all up to date by September when I start bringing in supplies for the winter.
JB moved around a lot more today and actually fixed a dinner of bacon and eggs.
Fluffy clouds drifted across the sky most of the day, and our high was 79. More hot temps are due in Tuesday through Thursday. I am going Down There tomorrow to fill up the gas cans and run a few errands.
Monday 8/6. It is 63 this morning and I can just barely make out the mountains through the haze.
Thought for the day: Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure. William Hocking
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