Hot, but...

 

It will be over 100 degrees later today, but right now 65 so I've opened the windows. We have an air conditioner that cools down the main room in the afternoon. It's noisy (like our furnace in the winter) but no complaints.

I took the North  Cascades Highway and on impulse stopped in the town of Concrete at the Sunday swap meet. There were piles and piles of old stuff, but I met a friendly man who builds rough birdhouses from "1,000 year old cedar." Meaning, lumber scraps he salvages from old growth logging.

A good sales pitch because I bought one, even though it is too heavy to actually hang up and no self-respecting bird would go in there. He was very proud of his original creations.

Lots of wildlife around enjoying the cool river-- the turkey families with nearly grown poults, young deer cut free from their mothers looking kind of clueless, and what a treat, a pair of pileated woodpeckers right in front of the house. 

Amanda is studying for her board exam today and Maya is at a day camp. Nova is probably hanging out with friends. Nothing much is planned except I'm taking a walk with my friend Karen at Pearrygin Lake before it gets too hot. Needless to say, fire danger is high.