F WORDS...

From Fire...

...to Fair

It is rather amazing

 how Fast life can change sometimes.

 Within one weeks' time,

 the mood has gone from

 Frantic and Fearful

 to the anticipation of

 Fun and Family.

The Fire is considered contained to 85%,

 only smoldering in heavy timber areas

 and all road closures 

and evacuations

 have been lifted.

The Fair 

is opening next week 

and the sight of uniforms and Fire trucks 

is being replaced with the early arrival

 of the carnival rides 

and the brightly colored Flowers 

lining the paths.

 The sounds of mowers purring

 and workmen scurrying 

greet us on an early morning walk

 through the Fairgrounds.

 A weekend of Frivolity 

is planned for all

 to enjoy.

"Let's all go to the county Fair,

There's blossoms and ribbons and hope in the air.

The Harvest is in and we have

 time to spare,

 and the best place to be

 is the county Fair.

There is nothing better that I have Found

Than hearing music with a glorious sound

As we ride round and round

 on the merry-go-round.

And so to the county Fair

 I am bound.

Author Unknown

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There is a Full crop

 of green hydrangeas

 emerging this year. 

 They have already bloomed

 in their normal colors 

but now there is a second crop

 of green masses showing.

  I don't remember this happening

in years passed.

  Am I just not that observant,

 or is it something

 that could be attributed

 to the lack of water this year?

I have picked a Few

 that I will try to dry

 and see 

if the green color sticks.

Believe it or not,

 some of these hydrangeas,

 shown here in my great-grandmother's

 English ironstone pitcher,

 have been around for over thirty years.

  The dry twigs in the arrangement

 are from a birch tree

 that grew in our Front yard 

before we moved to the Cottage

 almost thirty years ago.

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We Finally received

 the Bali blinds that we ordered.

  The Captain put them up

 and I couldn't be happier. 

 They cut out just enough of the sun light

 to make the sitting room 

much more pleasant

 on the hot days...

...and I love the Finished look

 that they give the room 

without hiding any of the

 Fancy millwork

 around the windows.

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Progress Report:

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It is a Fine day.

  A little cooler, 

with a tiny Feeling of Fall

 in the air.

A happy

 Fair and Fine August

 to everyone.

...Judy...

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