The Final Harvest

Even though it was 90 degrees and sunny a few days ago, today it was only about 60 degrees and rainy with reports of snow in the mountains. It will be somewhere in the 30's tonight so we might have the first frost of the season which means we decided to do a major harvest. Here is the remaining bounty of ripe veggies. There are still lots and lots of unripe produce which we hope will ripen but who knows. It is sad the summer is now officially over for us.

Ashland Fire

On Monday, just before I left for work at the crack of noon, I was standing by the table and the light from outside looked like the sun was setting. I looked at the light on the ground and couldn't understand what was going on. I told JJ to come outside and check out the sun. Much to our surprise, there was a HUGE cloud of smoke coming from the hill a mile or two away from our house. It was about 100 degrees and windy that day, which didn't help to keep the fire contained. The smoke covered our little town and made many evacuate their homes. All in all, everything turned out alright. I think there may have been a couple houses burned, but no injuries. While they have not determined what started the fire, I was told by one of my customers at the bank which works for a local news station, they believe it to be arson.

The first four pictures were taken by JJ while the others were taken by a local professional.

Standing at the back door of our house.

The parking lot.

A Walk around Ashland '09

While living in this town we have taken THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of photos. Well, maybe not that many. However,with all the "photo shoots" I have been forced to be a part of, it feels like it. These are picture from about a week ago as JJ walked around town experiencing Ashland through the lens of the a100.

Right out our back door.

Bamboo and Bell

Outside the Ice Cream Shop

The Plaza

Water Street

Ashland Springs

The Other Side of the Tracks

Beauty