August 19, 2000

Oh my, it's been 20 years! Can you believe it? Twenty years, wow!

How time flies indeed ..



It was a beautiful wedding, just like we wanted. 
Not too much fuss, an intimate wedding in the cute little church of Huisduinen, than a small reception with a cake on the beautiful grounds of the Orangerie, followed by a nice, informal BBQ for everybody.
But .. twenty years .. no way!

          

 

Ehhh, yes .. obviously 20 years older!

Oh, well, it is what it is, time moves on, there's no stopping it ..
Having said that, time is slipping away from us here in Idaho too. There's still so much to do, so it's clear that our 'deadline' of half of September is definitely not going to happen.
Not a big deal though, as long as the weather stays good we can stay several weeks longer.
It would be nice if we can have Thanksgiving with Doug in Oregon, but on the other hand there are many more cases of Covid-19 over there .. so we'll see how it goes.

Things are progressing though.
The Black Walnut staircase, made by Ronnie and Andrew, is done:

           

At the bottom of the stairs James put down some flooring so Pat and Sam could see how it's going to look like. Pretty nice!
The wood for the ceiling has been milled and is drying until Ronnie and Hunter will be back in September.
They've all left for now. Pat and Sam left this morning and probably won't be back until October. Hopefully we will be pretty much done by than!

This little wren has a nest inside one of the little caves among the nice, cool rocks ..

My early morning walks are very quiet these days, day times have been in the high 90's, the nights are barely cooling down and it's already too warm when I get up at 7am. 
The animals seem to spend there days hiding and sleeping in the shade most of the time .. except maybe for a deer or two ..

Yup, I see you too!

I used the apples I had left over from making applesauce to bake a Blackberry-apple pie:

 

                               

The apple was a little too sweet for me for baking, but the combination came out great, not soggy, which is always a good thing.

And how about this little cutie? 

He's Jessie's dog, his name is JP (John-Paul), and is from the same litter as Austin's Mahogany. He's a lot calmer than her though, a really sweet boy.
Of course he's started to follow me on my walks, since he's bored to death hanging around the job side all day. He follows me right on my heels, so cute!
Normally I don't like to have company on my walks, I like the peace and quiet, but a dog is fine. They don't talk!