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Today could be one of the perfect fall days around here.  Low 60s, blue sky, autumn colors peaking.  

I'm planning to make good use of it with outdoor projects and taking my mother for a "fall-colors" drive.  I think she's pretty stoked.  

We'll probably head north and drive up the Moyie River to Good Grief, and I'm betting we'll make a stop or two to snap some photos. 

There are lots of memories up there, including the family picnics at Meadow Creek, where my dad's mother taught in a one-room schoolhouse back in the 1920s. 

~~~~The day will be especially perfect for Mother too, cuz it's her youngest child's birthday:  he's 48 today.  One of his classmates---also a Jim---asked on his Facebook wall if "Jimmy" had brought cupcakes on this day in Mrs. Riffle's first grade class.

I don't know if anyone remembers about the cupcakes, but it's still nice to think back on those days when little "Jimmy" started wowing his teachers with his smarts and spent much of his time building a "city" out in his sand lot behind our house on North Boyer.

Jimmy eventually became an architect and has designed many a building throughout the West ever since.   Happy Birthday, Little Brother!

~~~~In an hour or so, Brad Boyce will be pulling into our driveway.  He's a builder, the same one who constructed a beautiful new deck and roof in front of my sisters' house this summer.

Brad will be making our horses very happy the next time it rains and throughout the winter.  We have a shelter in the barnyard where they can stand during inclement weather.

Only problem is there's room for just 2.5 horses.  The unlucky half, which always gets wet, is gonna love having double the space under that shelter when Brad finishes the project tomorrow. 

And, it's supposed to rain Thursday, so Lily, Lefty and Heather can try it out right away.

~~~~This morning I'd like to start the information rolling about an event scheduled for one month from today at the Ponderay Events Center.

It's a benefit dinner (with delectables from Stacy's Country Kitchen; $10 per plate) to help out Barbara Bristow.  Barb, a local mother,  grandmother and wife of Rod Bristow,  is undergoing extensive treatment--much of it in Coeur d'Alene--for a rare form of cancer.  

Family funds to pay for this treatment are very limited, so other family members are putting together the benefit dinner and auction.

I'll provide more details about the menu as the date draws nearer, but for today, if readers would spread the word that financial donations or donated items for an auction can be dropped off at the Northside and Sagle Fire Department or at Sandpoint Furniture.  

You'll also be reading and hearing more about this in the papers and on the radio.   Thanks for helping out and for passing the word. 

~~~~Guess that's enough for this gorgeous Tuesday.  I'll post another photo from our weekend activities to remind folks once more why it's so nice to live in this country, especially this time of the year.  Happy Tuesday.