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Almost the weekend

Got the shade pavilion lined up for Pride, so now I just need to work on the displays for my stuff. Time left 'til Pride: Have my article about 3/4s done. Just need to add a few more thoughts, dig out and scan some old photos and then tweak it. Can't wait to send it to the magazine for publishing. Writing has stopped on the cookbook for the nonce, too hot to cook, so double checking and tweaking a few of the recipes will have to wait for a cool down, hopefully soon. Or at least some time I can be up late at night when it is cool and I can cook.

Where did July go???????

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Summer is rushing by. Two weeks until Palouse Pride , so will be gearing up for my booth there. An online friend gave me some display and table layout ideas. Hubby will be helping me make the display stands. Sold a tie tack thru my Etsy shop yesterday, posted it in the mail this morning, so it is winging its way to Tennessee as we speak! Added some new designs and products to my Zazzle shop : Stuck in the State of Whimsy Shirts by JeanC_PurpleDucky See more Whimsy T-Shirts Two moons throw by JeanC_PurpleDucky See more Moon Throw Blankets at zazzle.com Zazzle has added lots of new products, so I will slowly be adding my designs and photos to those and getting them into my shops. Set up an account on Snapwire in hopes of more exposure for my photos and with luck sell some images. Weekend was fine, got REALLY hot yesterday and today and tomorrow is going to be more of the same. Again I am thankful for air conditioning, otherwise we'd melt into puddles and

Survived

Thought I was going to die on Friday. The smoke from the fires in Washington made their way into our area and even tho it was breezy out, I was reminded painfully I am in one of the sensitive groups that need to be careful of the conditions. Ended up wearing a disposable filter mask just around the house since breathing started to get hard to do and was a bit painful. Luckily the weather got better on Sunday in that it rained, so the air locally cleared and since it cooled down and rained elsewhere in the region, gave the fire fighters a bit of a break. Esp when the winds calmed down. Been seeing the pictures out of Washington, YIKES! Luckily a number of aid groups are on hand to help people out, there are lots of people donating money and goods for the people who lost their homes and the Washington National Guard was on hand to help with the bigger fires. In my quest to make extra money, I am currently putting together a gluten free cookbook with recipes I have come up with and

I'M MELTING!!!!!!

Well, not quite, but I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad for air conditioning. Been a wee bit hot here lately. My tomatoes are loving it, I swear most of them are growing a good 6 inches every day. Now they just need to start producing 'maters and I will be very happy. We will be having a cool down this weekend, so I can get a lot more puttering in and out of the house. Did commit yellowjacketcide last night, they had several nests at the front of the house over the steps onto the porch. Committed thistlecide this morning. A fair sized patch next to the road in front of the lawn. Poured quite a bit of vinegar on them and the heat today should finish them off. We are glad we snow coated the roof last year, that has helped to keep the temps inside down a bit. Usually inside and outside matchup at some point, but it is usually staying 5-10 degrees cooler inside this year. Giving serious thought of painting the whole trailer with snow coat hehehehehe!

New pets

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Baldfaced hornets took up residence in my shed sometime in the last year: Going to leave them alone for the time being. They aren't assholes like yellowjackets, tho they can be pretty vicious if they are bothered. Since I know they are there, hardly go into the shed and they have pretty much run the yellowjackets off we will see if we can co-exist. If however they start causing trouble I will bug bomb the shed and have a cool nature made art piece for display purposes. The small nest going up on my porch however will be taken care of. That one is WAY too close for comfort.