Pluto Dash

Today is my oldest son's birthday. So Willis Happy Birthday I love you.
This is a new addition to our home. Pluto Dash is a Chihuahua lap dog and a little bark to let me know when someone is at the door. I can take him with me anywhere so don't have to have a dog sitter. He was fine under the airplane seat didn't make a peep. but made friends in the airport. little kids.
Our weather had been really nice but today clouds rolling in today. So our rivers are freezing over I guess winter is here. gotta find some project to pass the cold days.

getting closer

Had some beautiful things in the late summer. Beautiful sunsets and sunrises but the most beautiful was my grand-daughter Amie. She came in from the East going to college NYU. wonderful evenings we spent together. I just looked at her blog of the great picture of the moose. I had the perfect image of momma moose and her two babies and could not get everything set quick enough. but not often you get to see the behind of a two moose. gotta be different thats me.
We are getting things closed up for our trip. always jittery before flying. thats why I like to make reservations the day before or the day of flying is the best. but it doesn't work that way.

snow in the mountains getting close to our level. so I have to get a mind set for winter. guess my little fingers will be typing away all winter. a book in the making.

End of Summer

Finished up my garden today. Have most of my flowers put to bed. Looking forward to our trip outside for two weeks, too short.
My winter project is putting together a book so maybe in 10 years it will be done. Computers are flustering and I know there are simple ways and short cuts but I don't know them. So I loose things into space.
Another year in my life.

raining

I just entered 3 photos in the state fair. one was the day lilies on my post and one of the owl and chickadee one of the colored smoke with the troops on the last day of basic training. awesome picture. It was a fast trip to town stopped by Wally world and picked up a couple of things one like windshield wash as I use a lot of that stuff when the big trucks pass.
Not much else is going on I walked to the swamp looking for blueberries..none.. guess I will have to drive up the pass. Amie will be here in a week so perhaps she will go with her Grandma and pick berries..
raining................

AUGUST!!!!

My flowers for this summer. each summer is a surprise of what will come up and bloom. I had a few surprises this summer. The red poppy and the day lilies. I had transplanted the day lilies last fall so they are later blooming which was nice. So many are fading away already. Hope your summer was good.

SMOKING SALMON

WE have been busy putting up salmon for the winter --,WINTER= Yikes!!==where did that word come from.??? Keeping busy while the fish are coming in. Catch, gut and cut up and wash jars or get the smoke ready. actually Grandpa does most of that I clean the fish and wash jars and can. It all turns out very good.
My flowers are in full bloom and some fading away. I have been collecting seeds to try and get a dirt bank started with wild flowers down at the boat launch.
The garden is producing and tomatoes are getting ripe but I have a feeling I will have a few green ones left to make salsa.
Kids came out to go fishing yesterday, they got 3, fixed a pot of bear meat spaghetti to feed the hungry crew when they came back. was so good to get my hugs from my son and grandson.
Raining today I started out to mow the lawn as the sun was out for a bit. It didn't look like it was dry enough to cut. I was going to weed eat. pulled the weed whacker out and was coming around the house and rain hit so I am in the house .
Big City tomorrow with a friend. and a Dr. appointment.
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR PFC. BOWIE TO RETURN HOME (USA) SAFELY.

Flowers

This is a beautiful poppy. I was so excited to see it as I have planted and tried for years to grow one. I now wonder if it will re-seed and come up next year. My flowers are all blooming so beautiful and the nasturtiums are beginning to bloom which is usually in August. Does all this mean snow will too come Early????? Oh NO..................