Happy Wednesday! Remember last week when I said it was smokey? Well, that was nothing compared to this week. We've been in the unhealthy/hazardous air quality all week. I woke up at the lake Tuesday morning and this was what I was greeted with. You all know how close the lake is to our trailer and I could barely see the water.
This was the sun when I took Chloe for her walk that morning. My nose was running, my eyes were stinging and my head throbbed, all from the smoke. I decided to go home to the air conditioning.
The view from home wasn't much better. This is the view of Mt. Spokane. What? You can't see it you say? Nope. Smoke is blocking it completely.
There is a monastery in the picture below that is usually very visible from our house. Not now. So many fires all around us. Four new ones started yesterday. Our relatives from around the country say the only fires they hear about on the news are the California fires. I know they are terrible. I would never try to say that the utter devatation there isn't awful because it truly is. But...Washington, Oregon, Canada and Montana are all on fire too. Glacier Park is closed because of fires. And it's not on the news for some reason. I guess we just aren't as much of a concern to the news media as California. I have heard of at least 3 people that have died because of the smoke here in eastern Washington. Every day I get a recorded message from my cardiologist's office to stay inside the A/C and not be outside. This is becoming a yearly occurance in August. We never had smoke like this until 2014. I wonder why there are so many fires all of the sudden? We have not had any measurable rain for the last three months, meanwhile it's flooding on the east coast!
So, I've been staying inside knitting or going in my car to various places with the A/C going full blast. :-) In the photo below I'm watching the "Little Bobbins" knitting podcast while knitting on a scarf for a Christmas gift.
In process.
A closer photo so you can see the pattern a bit better. I did finish the scarf late last night. The pattern is called "The Dudester" and is free on Ravelry. I used Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Yarn" in the Marled Denim colorway. I started knitting an "Antler Toque" to match this morning. It is a Tin Can Knits pattern that can be purchased on Ravelry. I've made several Antler Toques before and it is a great pattern. I will also make a pair of mittens to go with the scarf and hat.
I have been doing some reading this week. I really enjoy Debbie Macombers writing and have most of her books. This one, "Cottage by the Sea" is her latest and I read the entire book in two afternoons. I highly recommend it for some light reading. It's loosely based on a true story about the mudslide in Oso, Washington a few years ago that killed many people.
I realized I had missed several of her books when they came out, so I placed an Amazon order for three books. This one will be my next read.
Guess who started kindergarten on Tuesday? Isn't she the cutest thing? She face-timed with me after school that day and told me all about it. So far, so good. She loves it. Mandy texted yesterday though, that they already had to lock down the school on Wednesday because of a suspicious person. The police came and took him away and all was okay, but oh my! Scary, scary, scary for the parents. What a world we're now living in.
Dennis is on vacation next week and we had planned to stay at the lake and have a staycation there. He's exhausted and really needs the down time. Who knows now? We may just have to stay home. We won't tell many people we're at home and can watch movies, sleep late, etc. We'll go day by day and decide what to do. The important thing is to spend time together and just enjoying each other isn't it?
Not much else exciting is happening here because I'm just staying inside, knitting and reading. Oh, and vacumming and normal stuff like that! :-)
I hope you are all enjoying the last days of summer. Has school begun where you live? Our's doesn't begin until after Labor Day.
"May the God of hope full you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
and
"Above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23
Blessings always,
Betsy
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