Summertime Random

It's August. sigh  August can get me down, the light is fading, the geese are squawking, summer is over.  Settle down people...with the school chat and the back to school sales. My flowers start fading and so does moral. 

There is still summer left and I for one, plan to make the most of it. Sleeping in a bit, walking everyday, outings, camping, swimming and playing. September may be imminent but don't rain on my summertime fun talking about and forcing it on me.

Don't misinterpret, I love September, Fall and school.  Just not yet.

It's summertime and the livin' is easy...

I've had leisurely mornings on the patio after my walk. Morning until bedtime, give me the patio.

I read Summer of '69 and Where the Crawdads Sing.  I enjoyed both books and now I'm reading Evvie Drake Starts Over.

I shopped the Nordstrom anniversary sale and Amazon Prime Days from the patio.

I reserved camping sites and flights to Michigan and Hawaii.

I love to be home and July was my time to enjoy house and home.

There is a lot of grilling on our patio this summer. Max and Kassie and Sam and Katie came for breakfast and had to cook their own.  We are loving the pie irons that Danny and Jess gave us for Christmas,

I've gone to one estate sale this entire summer. I know, it's crazy!  When a girl cleans out her attic she hesitates to bring more junk home. The one and only was a winner though and I scored on brand new Xochi and April Cornell linens.  Tags still on and they were  2-3 dollars a stack!

After bringing two loaded Jeep trips to the thrift store, I feel like I can breath in the attic.

I haven't tackled Christmas yet, but it's coming.  Maybe I'll host a private sale at the Stone House in November. What do you think?

The Pie Pals are going on the Vintage Trail Ferndale today so all of my resolve may fly right out the window. A nice try, though.

We finished July in Enumclaw with friends and had more fun than anyone.  Thank you Larry and Shelly for being the best hosts ever! The Bad and Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd concert was great.

I love that when we are together we are always booking more camping reservations and planning the next time we get to see each other.

We have a lot of camping in August and I am going to love our time on the rivers and at the bay.

It is my happy place.

Soak up this next month friends, it'll go fast.  

{stay safe}

Summertime Fun

 We went to George, Washington for the Fourth of July and camped at Max and Kassie's house (one of our favorite campgrounds) with Kassie's family.

We get a lot of cute visitors in our trailer.

 We celebrate on the fourth in downtown George with the Cherry Bomb run, a cherry pie, a parade, a festival and fireworks.  It's a small town with a BiG celebration.

The tolerant camp hosts... Thank you kiddos!

We color, do some crafting, play cards, nap and eat a lot of delicious food.

And we play on the Columbia River.  We play hard.

 Ella and I did some visiting about her starting kindergarten in the fall.

She is going to have to call me Mrs. R. at school and it's hard for her to wrap her head around that idea. I have a lot of fun with Ella and can't wait to see her in school.

No emergency here just some Coastie spreading dye.

Hubby and I went tubing and apparently my upper body strength isn't great at 60. Holy soreness.

The kids left and Kassie took the 'rents on a wine tasting tour.  We visited Jones, Errant Cellars (where Kassie works on the weekends) and then Cave B for lunch.  Hubby and I were happy to see Kassie at home.  She married our farmer, moved to a tiny town and she has jumped in with both feet.  

She knows everyone!

Hubby and I feel blessed to have such a good time with Max's in-laws. Idalia and I both said, we cannot wait for next year.  Max and Kassie probably need the year to recover, cuz we are a lot.

We took the back roads home and are always in awe.  Washington, you are gorgeous!

We are back home for most of July.

 My ferns are happy this year.  This summer is cool and a bit rainy. Not my favorite but it's nice to have the lawns green and the forest fires under control. If I need sun, I'll hitch up find sunshine on the other side of the mountains.

It's not all pretty and relaxing though.  I'm cleaning the attic.  We brought one load to the thrift store and I'm working on the second today.

Hubby is taking out the hitching post.  He doesn't like mowing around it.

It makes me sad. It means we aren't getting another horse.  I think everyone knew I wasn't getting a horse but this made it real. And sad. I think we all remember this ugly cry story.

 Enjoy the sunshine today, the rains are a comin'!

Farm and Frills 2019

Sisters on the Fly Northwest Gathering 2019 is in the books.  It was held in Union Gap this year at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum with a Farm Fillies theme. Over 150 women from the nation's largest outdoor group, Sisters on the Fly came together and had more fun than anyone.

It's fun to walk around camp and see every one's trailers and tents set up.  You don't have to have a vintage trailer, there are a lot of new trailers too.

 

Annie got a ribbon and later I realized it was a clue for 2020 NW Gathering,  It's at the fairgrounds in Filer, Idaho and the theme is Going to the Fair. #giddyup

The museum grounds were great, a lot to see and maintained beautifully.

The showers were a tad rustic.  I got up one morning, ready to go the showers.  I told Cheryl I was headed to the showers.  She dryly told me that I would be cold, wet and naked in a horse trailer.

Well, when you put it that way...

And yet there I was, wind blowing the curtain straight up.  Oh well.

 We did some wine tasting.  Shelly, Rene', Jackie and I started early and camped in Prosser for a few days.  A prefunc is always a good idea.

More wine tasting once we got to the gathering.

We had a knowledgeable and sweet gal running our tasting.  We kept looking at each other and finally figured out we went to high school together.  It was so fun to see Marian and get caught up.  She was having a quiet morning at the winery and we showed up, she handled us beautifully.

Another winery, which is a Harvest Host for future reference.

We went junkin', lunching, dressed up and dressed down, met new friends and reconnected with old friends for four days.

Penny in her Camping with My Peeps hat was a hoot.

I googled Kentucky Derby hat on Amazon and ended up with a small pink and orange hat.

 I love these two special ladies!

I made a specialtea for cocktails one afternoon.

Rene' and I crafted one afternoon.

 Denise was back! 

And my oh my, doesn't she clean up nice? 

I love my tribe!

It is a really fun week, with a few rules, no mister, no pets, no kids, be nice and have more fun than anyone. Yee haw!

My blogging has been spotty lately.  I did get caught up with a random post here and I wrote about Grace and Love here.

Besides my lack of time management my icloud photos will not add in order and so it's painful getting the photos to the blog.  Super frustrating!

We camped on our patio this weekend and tried our new pie irons with success.

Hubby made ham and cheese and I had strawberries and cheese. Yum!

Now, I need to get Annie packed up for the Fourth of July.

Have a fun and safe holiday friends!