Routine...53º

Monday July 29th...Life on Barton Heights is moving back towards normal as Herb and I settle into our routine, just the two of us...After a one day delay, Bobi and Ci left for their home in Portland on Saturday instead of Friday...Bobi came down with a crazy "summer, head cold, allergies"?...Whatever it was she didn't feel like driving for a couple of days...After spending two weeks in Joseph, they are now safely back home getting on with their routine...Cienna with normal activities and also packing for a week at an astronomy camp in central Oregon...Water polo practice starts after that and her sophomore year is not far away.

Rusty, after spending a month in Bend and Joseph leaves for Boise today to resume his job of exterminating junipers in the Owyhee Mountains in Idaho, for the next month...September will find him in Savannah, Georgia working another job for LTW and looking forward to a possible job in Canada later in the year.

We had a crazy, busy time while they were all here in Joseph as we cooked, ate, laughed, played games, went to the lake, soaked up the sun, worked in the gardens and relaxed on the deck...Once again we feel blessed that they continue to spend time with us bringing love and laughter, and doing "honey do's" trying to make our life a little easier...Chief Joseph Days is over for another year, so our little town is also getting back to the normal summer season...Horse trailers, motor homes, tents and teepees have mostly disappeared...Weather has cooled and August is almost here...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

July 2013