I KNOW better!

Mea culpa to my step-Dad, Bill!

Bill gave me Egyptian Onions, Pimento plant, Pepper Plant - from seed starts that I think he starts in the dead of winter.  I babied them from CO,  putting them in the shower before I rolled each morning and on the dash to have a bit of sun when I parked each night…

I spritzed and talked and loved these plants up all the way home… and then in Montana they had a spot in the sunroom for 4 days - a bit of natural light but not too much as they were in transition - and probably shock!

 After 4 days I started putting them on the front porch - just a little bit at first and gradually more until they were on the front porch all of the time.

Next step - transfer to pretty new pots.. nice roomy pots from my favorite nursery and they just looked beautiful - I’m SOOOOO sorry that I did not get a photo of them looking beautiful in their new pots…

Because - today - Aug 1 - I left Karl and Bob in the house and was gone about 3 hours to gather groceries and other house stuff, plus pick up the motorhome and while I was gone - the  @#$&%$!!!! DEER had a small feast…

BUT, I am not giving up - I was especially looking forward to making pimento cheese - SO, all the pots are now in the garden which has a deer-proof fence - where they should have been to begin with - I can NOT believe I was so STUPID!

Ok, well, in the midst of deer distruction, fires-smoke, heat - several pieces of GOOD news.  Sam, my folks cat, is doing VERY well, my motorhome’s hydraulics are fixed and it is home and stocked/loaded in case we need it for a fire escape, AND temps are cooler and kind of pleasant baring the smoke/fire stuff.  We are counting our blessings!

To close - Bob, the cat - a “legend in his own mind”…photos especially for ORS friend 2oldman:

For friends and family seeing the Montana Fires on the news….while it is shaping up to be a very nasty fire year, there are no fires near enough to me to be of concern.  There is a lot of smoke - particulary afternoons - yesterday was the worst as lots of plumes went up late afternoon with normal thermal conditions and then a bit of breeze blew the smoke into the valley.  This will probably continue and the high temps make it hard for them to get a handle on the fires.  There is some rain forecast later in the week - although with thunder/lightning. 

There are structures and homes threatened in a number of locations which is unfortunate.  In the years I’ve been here and seen 3 other bad fire years, the fire teams have kept structure damage to a minimum - boy, tough and dangerous job!

The sun is rising a hazy red - we will not be seeing blue sky today.