Languid Days of Late Summer

Hello, Dear Friends, I hope you had a lovely

weekend and are enjoying these last few weeks of summer. 

We have had an extremely hot and dry summer 

here in Washington State. 

We've had only one rainfall since June and it was

very scant. 

Forest fires are raging in the mountains, with a 

 level 2 evacuation notice near the town of Roslyn, 

where the television series, 'Northern Exposure'

was filmed, about 2 hours from here. 

Level 2 means that you need to be 'ready to leave' 

if given notice to do so. 

There is also a forest fire near the left flank of Mt. Rainier, 

near the ski resort of Crystal mountain. 

You can see the smoke swirling around the mountain

and we have had very hazy skies from these fires, 

and the fires in Oregon. 

I just took this shot of the moon.....

Blood red from the smoke in the air,
It has been so hot, and the whole house
smells of smoke due to the open windows. 

Luckily, we are expecting rain by mid-week! 

I am praying that it comes in time to save 

the little town of Roslyn, and the beautiful 

resort, Suncadia, where my son and his wife 

were married 3 years ago, last month.

You can see the wedding weekend at Suncadia,
Here, Here, and Here.

Ramblin' Man has the week off work, but he is
not one to sit around, so he has been stacking
the 6 cord of firewood that is being delivered
by a hard-working young man, all nicely cut and split.

He does this in his 'spare time', because he is
also working on the 'finish-work' in the loft
that we are turning into our bedroom.

It's hard to take decent photos at this point,
but you can see the beams and the angles
and the windows he has had to work around
to finish the ceiling and work on the trim.

What you can't see are the open ledges that
need railings, and every time I go up there,
I get a bad case of vertigo.
But the light is lovely up there, and someday I plan to
put an easel in front of that window,
and teach myself to paint.

Below is our current bedroom, which we
are turning into a library/media room.
All my many books are in storage right now,
waiting for that glorious day when I can
put them on floor to ceiling bookcases.
I even have a library ladder that I found years ago in
a dumpster behind the mall and hoisted into my
 then, mini-van with the help of my sister.

So many plans and dreams....finally coming true.

Maybe by spring......

While he has been hard at work, I've been busy
with chores and watering, shopping and babysitting.
I love my drives to and fro, and snapped a few
photos of the golden countryside on my way.

I love the scent of new-mown  hay :)

Country roads - take me home.......

Queen Anne's Lace.

I get to babysit this yummy little bundle of baby sweetness -
soon to be the big brother of twins.

xoxo

He is crawling and standing now,
and I get to see the world through baby eyes once more.

Sometimes the joy is just too much.

*smile*

Too precious.

He can clap his hands, give kisses,
and babble 'Mama, Dada, and Gaga',
which I hope means 'Gramma'.

He can also cluck his tongue and make 'truck' noises!
Yes, he is a baby genius. :)

xoxo

In between, I've also been doing a bit of sewing, too,
which I will show you soon.

Thank you for your sweet visits and lovely,
encouraging comments, dear Friends.

I hope these last days of summer find you well
and looking forward to the cooler days of autumn.

xoxo

Saying continuing prayers for the people of Texas
and to all those in the path of hurricane Irma.

Please say some prayers for those in the path of
the wildfires and for the brave firefighters
who risk their lives to fight them.

xoxo