One of the blogs I have checked every morning for several years serves as an anchor for East Coast clothing information.
While visiting this morning and seeing a discussion relating to end-of-the-summer clothing, I was taken aback.
"Didn't we just START summer?" I thought to myself. Seems the minute mid-July hits, we're supposed to start thinking about fall.
Not so fast, I say.
This week in North Idaho has offered the longest stretch of truly summer days (three?) we've seen in these parts, and I think we deserve a chance to enjoy them before considering sweaters, school clothes and the like.
Yep, it's the height of the summer, not the end, and the livin' is both easy and a bit stressful.
After an afternoon of kayaking with my sisters yesterday at McArthur Lake, I came home and toiled in the kitchen putting together my annual quiche project.
Happily, the first pans of quiche came out of the oven shortly before Bill returned from fishing.
We were sitting in our usual dining spots in the living room when my cell phone rang with an unknown local number.
When they're unknown, I don't answer. Well, this caller left a voice message. Twas Brian Johnson, telling me he had two loads of hay ready to deliver to customers and asking if I wanted them.
My first instinct was sheer panic. I hadn't exactly geared up for calling the hay crew and we were planning a family outing today.
It took two seconds or so to realize that a couple of hundred-plus bales stacked in the barn on warm, dry summer days means no more worries about rain and one of the ultimate satisfactions of the year.
And, so it looks like it's all gonna work out. We can do one of our summer STAYcation outings today, and early tomorrow morning, the crew will come and put those two loads of hay in the barn.
Bill and I stood admiring the stack after Brian left and both agreed it was probably the most beautiful hay ever to go in our barn fresh from the field.
Summer always means the hay harvest headache, and, happily, ours will end tomorrow morning. That means we can continue on with future STAYcation plans without the stress of worrying about the winter feed for the horses.
And, I'm sure some of those plans will include more time out on the water with our growing family fleet of kayaks. My brother purchased one this week and left it here for when he makes future visits.
With Annie's and mine and Kevin's, we had ample watercraft for Barbara, Laurie and me yesterday.
A steady and changing wind made paddling on the lake near Naples a bit challenging, but we still enjoyed some relaxation and sightings of beautiful black birds, both red-winged and yellow-headed.
One time a huge blue heron took off over the swaying jungle of deep green reeds. A majestic sight, to say the least.
Today, Mike and Mary (brother and sister-in-law) will join us for an outing. As they say, you've gotta make hay while the sun shines, and that doesn't just include the stuff you put in the barn.
So, we'll follow that principle and enjoy MID summer and worry about the sweaters of late summer/early fall at a later date.
After all, North Idaho is much too beautiful to waste any day during our relatively short summer season
Happy Thursday.
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