Lori and John are taking their first cutting off hay off their fields in this sunny weather. This has attracted some visitors, helping to keep the field mice under control.
Lori says, "Yep they are doing a great job. Funny the young ones would try to take it away from adults and the adults would kick their butts! There were 5 of them."
Eliot started his new career as a building inspector last Monday, the Summer Solstice. He is working for the City of Seattle in a one year temp position. The work there is hectic, he says, with as many as 20 inspections per day per inspector. Each morning, he reports to his desk on the 22nd floor in downtown Seattle to plan the days inspections. Then it's out on the road until days end back at the office to enter the days data to the city's computer system. Eliot hopes this may give him an advantage towards gaining similar employment up here in the Valley! Best luck!
Got my studio cleaned and ready for action; spaded up my vegetable garden and removed about 75 lbs. of hemlock roots!
We visit Eliot, Kyra, Eason and Charlotte on my first day back. Part way through our visit, Eason disappears for a few minutes. When he re appears, he has on long blue jeans, a casual button shirt with a ballpoint pen in the pocket, a halibut type cap. He puts on Julia's eyeglasses then runs through the house proclaiming, "I am Papa! I am Papa!'
