It was raining and lightning in the southeast. We may get rain here later today. It’s been very dry for the past few weeks and

There’s been a fire burning, started by lightning, for several days on the mountain to the south of us. Most of the fire is on

Last night the moon was rising quite late, so I took advantage of the clear skies and no moon to shoot this photo of the

On the far side of the mountain in this photo, there is a fire burning, said to have been started by lightning. We first spotted

Here’s Mary doing laundry shorty after our arrival. For a washer we have a wash tub–now I know why that call it that–and for a

The Boundary County Fair was last week, with yesterday, Saturday, being the last day. Here are some images from the fair.

We closed on the land purchase yesterday with the (very scarey) wire transfer from our bank to the title company. The sale has been recorded

We woke up to thunder early this morning. Thunderstorms were happening to the north and west, apparently mostly in Canada. We got a little rain

We closed on the sale of our home in Utah on Monday, August 8, and we haven’t yet closed on the land purchase in Idaho,

Remember our storage shed? It is WAY too full! Stan made the comment, “We came up here to live the simple life, and with all