Haze from distant wildfires made for a dull day so the yellow and greens are not bright. The hills are 15 miles south. On Thursday they would not have been visible. Three miles was about as far as things could be discerned.
This field is about 100 acres of sunflowers and over one mile north-to-south. It is 4.5 miles south of me. There were boxes of bees on both sides of the entrance to the field. I had time to make three clicks on the phone’s camera before several of the bees noticed and came to check out the intruder. I’m curious about how active and effective they have been with the smoke. If it gets real smokey in the near future I’ll stop and check. Harvest may be a few weeks away as, still, the bees seemed active.
On the north side of the county road, a long driveway leads to Brightside Vintage Farm. The photo on this page
shows the farm and a view up towards where I live. About 4 miles in the direction of the ‘V’ in the ridge. News to me, but promotes itself as a place to have your wedding.
On Wednesday I went east to George, WA and met Phyllis and Cameron in the Park & Ride lot. From there we went 130 miles east to Spokane and toured the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. Current exhibitions include (a) armor, helmets and all things about the gear worn by knights during the 15th through the 17 centuries, (b) basketry of the Columbia Plateau, (c) European paintings: 1500-1900, (d) America at 250 – artifacts from the late 1700s to current baseball caps, and more. We also walked through the historic house constructed for a rich Silver miner named Amasa Campbell, built in 1898. You can view photos by searching for “Campbell House – Spokane, WA.” The name Amasa is new so I looked that up. He was a nephew of and commander in King David’s army.
The Thursday evening Pétanque group met. The smoke was light and the game was intense. Nah, it was fun. There was a fly-by of a C-17 Globmaster, a large four-engine military transport aircraft, based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord {125 miles west}. They appear to practice low level slow flights in central Washington. There was just one over the Columbia River going south. Often there are three.
I bought a jar of Nature Made(R) Vitamin D3 at the local grocery store. Cost was $29.99. The same jar is $15.99 on Amazon and there are other brands for less. Horse-feathers!
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John