LIttle visitors...

In the driveway yesterday

Baby Bull Snake aka Pacific Gopher Snake

On the snapdragons yesterday

A huge bumble bee

This bumble bee is three times the size of the average bumble bee. 

He lumbers from blossom to blossom rather than flying. 

I have read that bumblebee flight defies the laws of physics.

However, the latest theory is that they don't defy the laws of physics, 

it is just that scientists haven't figured out how they are able to fly.

I love that!

Coming home...

Just spent several days in the Canadian Rockies around Jasper and Lake Louise.  Beautiful, beautiful country.  Every place more beautiful than the next.  Mama grizzly bear with three cubs, big horn sheep with triplets -so darned cute-, black bears, elk, and even a wolf.  So busy taking it all in that I got my camera out only one time. 

This is the view that we woke up to during our time at Lake Louise.

Early Morning Picture of Lake Louise

Jack and Libby can relax.  We're home.

Everything is right with their world...and ours, too.

EXCEPT...where in the world did the summer go?

I can hardly believe that tomorrow is the last day of August,

that Labor Day is around the corner and

 school will start in just a few days.

June, July, and August flew right out the window when I wasn't looking.

I am going to do my best to slow the days down

holding tight to September and October.

My favorite months!

I hope your summer has been good....and slow.

More "products"

Here are the latest "products" going to Portland today.

One for a gender-yet-to-be-determined baby.

One for a baby girl.

With baby caps to match.

I am not sure how I missed putting a tail on this pink product.
 All the other products have had a tail of some sort.

Pattern for the pink "pea baby" is linked.
I am the first to admit that my pea baby is a little malnourished compared to the original pea baby.

McKenzie River

A short camping trip to Paradise Campground on the McKenzie River.

 McKenzie River

Such a beautiful, relaxing spot.
I love this river.

What's left after the party...

Party by the numbers:

55 friends & neighbors

101 degrees

2 gallons of iced tea

6 gallons of iced water

7 desserts

1 most beautiful loaf of friendship bread

11 salads

1 bowl of yummy strawberries

573 blueberries

2 quarts of vanilla ice cream

No idea how much beer, wine, etc.

12 midnight when the last folks left

2 shooting stars

2 pairs of forgotten sunglasses 

3 food tables

7 eating tables

1 yellow jacket bite (sorry, Luis)

1 canopy made out of chicken feed bags 

(turquoise in the back of the picture)

21 people took the farm tour

7 dining tables

5 wonderful women who just pitch in 

and do whatever needs to be done

2 doggies

9 coolers

11, 263 pounds of ice 

(perhaps an exaggeration)

What's left when everyone goes home?

Naked Tables

Linens Drying on the Line & More in the Washer

Beware of Jackson Posters

Neglected Tableware and Sunglasses

What's left after a party?

Everything that was there before the party.

What's left after a party?

Appreciation for the friends and neighbors who stop by...

(whether in person or via this blog)

Thank you.


(If you click on "Read More" to the left of this, I have posted the picture album that I put together for the farm tour.

Cooling off...

The weather forecast says 95 degrees on Saturday.

No wonder these pictures look good to me.

On Saturday, I will be wishing I could be Libby 

rolling in the snow.