Fires

 

 

Amanda sent this picture from Twisp yesterday of a smoke plume far off in the distance. There are several fires burning in the North Cascades right now. The weather in Central Washington has been hot, dry and windy, putting everyone's nerves on edge. 

It's still nice and cool in Seattle this morning, but we have a heat advisory for tomorrow and Wednesday. Ninety degrees is uncomfortable here, with the general lack of air conditioning and the simple fact we are not used to it.

I mostly spent the weekend recovering from the Shingrix vaccine I got on Friday, being one of those unlucky people who get that "strong immune response." This included fever in the middle of the night and random jabbing pains all over my body. I've also had that scary and harsh reaction from the flu and Covid shots. Fortunately it doesn’t last long.  

By Saturday afternoon, I was just plain old tired. Apparently the reaction to the second Shingrix shot tends to be much worse. Now there's something to look forward to in a few months. 

By Sunday I had enough energy back to make a fresh peach pie. No photo this time. Just type "pie" into the search box and see how many pie pictures a person can post over 15 years.  

 

 

In garden news, six months after the brutal hacking, the jasmine is back from the dead. Yea! As Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, "There is the dearest freshness deep down things."

 

 

 

I was just outside and the garden smells like heaven from the lilies. The delicate flowers won't last long in the heat, but the tomatoes are sure happy. With daily watering, we should have a big crop from just two pots.