Commuting

Back when I lived in New York, my commute to work involved squeezing into the subway.

This week I am commuting back and forth from Seattle to Nahahum Canyon.  Fire watch and work.  The girls tell me that they feel they are being squeezed into a subway car for a long ride...

Fortunately for them, when the doors open it's on an open field with lots of room to roam.

Murphy's Day.

Fire Season

A neighbor in North Central Washington says there are five seasons: winter, spring, summer, fire, fall.  We're in fire right now.

Huge, over 20,000 acre fire to the north and behind us.

Over 1,000 young men and women fighting it.

God bless them.

Murphy's Day.

Lab Air Conditioning

A swimming hole for labs.

Works every time.

Murphy's Day.

Light

There is something about the light in eastern Washington.  Early morning, as it begins to climb over the mountain behind the house.

Sigh.

We love it.

Murphy's Day.

Finding Shade

Sage is an expert at finding shade.  This is one of her favorite sports (she is laying in front of it).  She burrows into the bush, enjoying the cool.

It's going to be hot the next few days, on either side of the Cascades.  She has her work cut out for her.

Murphy's Day.

Lab Piles

Sometimes, on a hot summer day, there is nothing better than a pile of fur on top of me.

Murphy's Day.

Dangerous Time of Year

It's July.  We'll be heading off, soon, to keep the girls away from fireworks, firecrackers, and all things that go "boom."

It's a dangerous time of year for dogs.  Between the heat and the loud noise, they get very anxious.  We're fortunate enough to have a place to go that is relatively quiet (as long as one of the neighbors doesn't decide he needs target practice or the lightening doesn't roll in).

We'll be back next week.  In the meantime, have a wonderful 4th of July.  I shall never forget sitting on the steps of the US Capital in 1976, watching the fireworks for our bicentennial.  We're almost 240 years old...and still ticking!

Murphy's Day!