The wind makes you crazy; the dead calm is worse.

[Tree Lady]

1. My younger daughter used to say

As a teen "beauty is pain". She was talking about wearing high heels but thinking about you perched overlooking those gorgeous mountains with beautiful sunsets and trees then hotter than hell and dealing with insects reminded me of her sayng.

I live in southern Oregon and have visited the north many times. I have family in Coeur d Alene. We toyed once with buying a home near Sandpoint. In my area rogue valley smoke that we have been lucky this year not to have so far has come last few days.

So thank you for looking out for fires since that is the danger where I live each summer.

Carry on...