Busy days in July

I will offer a scattering of random pictures of things done this month.

we cut off/removed our Festival wristbands and began to resume regular life for another year, until Festival rolls around again.

our first four harvested tomatoes

had a visit from cousins Cheryl, Tara, Cindy, and Kevin, who joined us and Kathleen for lunch

met up with Thelma, Diane, Kristine, Sara, and Kinley at Janelli's Bakery in Quincy.

Sara enjoys a patch of shade while holding the butterfly bush flower she brought me to see and smell from her garden.

Jeffery and Sara launch the kayak

Sara checks out the cardinal flowers (yes, both Lucy and Brenda confirm the i.d.)

close up of the rapids

last supper with Ian before he goes to college in Arizona.  Jeffery, Ian, Darlene, Craig, Liana, and Jim.

siblings on the beach

a rose between two thorns....ha ha.

moving the newly refurbished flagpole out of Dick's garage, to be taken down to the Lodge to be erected

the crew of helpers; Liana, Jim, Kathleen, Ed, James, Jeffery, and Dick

A new device is rigged to see if that will lift the flagpole up high enough to then slip it over it's foundation pole

Liana and Dick confer

time to go have lunch!

Coming home from our FRCCSD meeting, Kathleen spotted the eagle in the river on a rock

different angle.  He kept his eye on Jeffery, who took these photos

Jeffery stopped in Marysville to photograph the finished mural.  I had an earlier stage in my Mother's Day blog-post.

The Canyon Lady July Party at Pine Aire Resort

Ladies in the water!

Carol donned a wild rhubarb leaf shade hat

one of the Table Mountain flat ridges

lines and shadows as I approach Oroville

big music festival at Belden on a hot Saturday

I first spotted this coming down some rapids, and it looked like a Christo art-piece

summer fun at the river

looks like fun, doesn't it?

there were more behind the left-hand shrubbery, too

view from the Belden Bridge

the standings at around the 12 hour mark in Kyria's expected to be 30 hour run.  John G., Kyria, Jesse J. and Helen W. are all being watched by me, as well as others.