The return of my aerial heroes...

Photos by Tom Forker...

Photo by John Lindsey...

CRAZY!!!

Heartbroken...

We lost a most wonderful and promising young man in this fire...

Link to - CBS Evening News story on Tommy...

So sorry, Jennifer and Ski.

Scary map...

This map shows fire or thermals on our side on the river, but our neighbor sees NO FIRE at this point - so just high temps at this time must have been detected.

Gusty winds from the NW at 25 mph and expected to shift to from the West - which we could do without...

Really hoping we get through this one...

The nearby towns of Twisp and Winthrop have been issued with immediate evacuations - another mass of fires headed our way.

Luckily we are safe and by chance out of the Valley.

Really hope to see this standing when we return...

The end of Earnest...

All done.

Only in the Methow...

We actually overlap the Red Flag Warning for fire with Flash Flood Warnings…

Double Grumpus'es...

We've got another stretch of heat and my pals decided to share ; )

Kitchen floating shelves...

Being watched over...

Waiting for me to fill the water bowl ; )

Drawer and cabinet pulls...

Feel kind of bad...

But no bad enough…

This is just one of two Yellowjacket traps - and only 3 hours after I put it up!

Along with the excessive hot temps, we have had a dramatic increase in wasps and yellow jackets - and they are very aggressive right now.  3 stings thus far.

Floating shelves location...

And the Rooster…

… To cover the electrical panel.

Blowing up at Chelan...

The fire, I believe The Wolverine fire blew up this morning…

Hopefully it stays over by the lake and burns itself out…  Hopefully.

On my way to the theatre...

Smoky and hot…

I was at least excited to spend the evening in the air-conditioned theatre, until midway through the 2nd act when I noticed I was sweating bullets in my costume.  Turns out a few of the scantily dressed audience members complained of being too cold…  Thanks ; )