While up the hill, I repainted signs for 3 cabins. That counts as work, yes? Here is one of the befores (it was too smoky to care about photographing it afterward – how is that for an excuse?)
I took my baby pumpkin plants up the hill to babysit them. Here they are when we first arrived:
Here they are 4 days later: If they had been left at home, they would have shriveled and croaked, unless a deer ate them first.
We took one short walk. Look – a car with a man-bun.
Parking is at a premium and some people let their car stick out in the already precariously narrow road. People don’t know that by August, the car part eating marmot activity has ceased. Maybe they just feel safer wearing masks.
It was a thrill to be in the green.
Trail Guy said, “Hey Farmer, why are the aspen leaves sticky?” I think the answer was something that meant bug excrement. Trail Guy dropped the leaf and marched onward.
This is a peculiar sight. A smooth boulder is encased in the rough rocks. We didn’t go closer to investigate because this is the time of meat bees/hornets, very aggressively defending their nests in the ground. I do my best to avoid Hornet Holes in the ground.
On Sunday, the air was truly terrible.
It got worse as we headed down the hill.
And in case you are wondering, at the time of these photos, there were no wildfires in Central California. The smoky conditions demonstrate how the pollution travels to the Central Valley. We tend to have terrible air here and get penalized for it, in spite of it being generated by Northern California cities. Those folks love to blame the farmers. Hope they don’t do so with their mouths full.
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Jana, I think I would avoid hornet holes too — yikes! And that’s terrible that the pollution is so bad that it makes you to you guys there in the valley. Hoping everyone stays safe now through the fires and praying God will grant relief soon!
Thank you, Cheryl. Fires seem to be a regular end-of-summer, beginning-of-fall occurrence in our state now, whether from lightning or arson. It is highly discouraging and puzzling to me. So any time God brings us to mind on this topic, please do pray for His Will.
There are many of those cabin signs that need to be repainted. We take care of our own; it would be nice of each cabin family did the same, but I guess it will fall on the MKPS to take care of them, as funds permit.
“Man-bun!” That’s exactly what I thought even before I read your caption, ha! Flatlanders!
“Don’t pick up sticky aspen leaves,” duly noted!
That smoke, ugh. It just sorta kinda ruins the MK experience when it’s like this. We need a good, heavy, non-lightning rainstorm!
Sharon, I have redone 5 signs so far, 2 as returned favors, 2 for $50/sign, and of course, our own. It probably isn’t the responsibility of the MKPS but of the individual cabins. MKPS initiated the project, but each cabin paid.
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