'Tis the season for gardening and hay hauling and firewood acquisition and spinning along with the Tour de Fleece. It is hot and very dry and sometimes smoky. The days are growing noticeably shorter and fall is on its way, but there is much to do before then. So I'll throw a bunch of photos at you and get back to work!
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| our bright dining room light fixture after replacing all the bulbs |
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| our entry light fixture with old bulbs |
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| getting the last of our hay |
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| that should do us; the bit at the far right is all that remains of last year's |
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| the morning of August 3 |
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| the evening of August 3 |
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| the morning of August 4 |
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| approximately half our fig harvest, my breakfast one morning |
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| the morning of August 5 |
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| the evening of August 5, showing the first bit of improvement |
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| my finished TdF yarn |
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| enough contrast for Murano squares? |
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| the morning of August 7 |
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| second planting of beets and beans coming up |
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| oak to cut and split, but not dry enough for this winter |
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| back to normal air quality and "the long view" |
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| zooming in so you can see the hot air balloons with Mt. Adams between |
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| 8g of silk singles on my wee Bee Hummingbird spindle |
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| two paintings given to us by the artist, a friend of ours |
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| doggy yin and yang |
That's it for now from . . .
