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Mid-afternoon thunderstorm. Charles prefers to hang out in the basement. But later on when the rain stops, we take off around the neighborhood and into Birnie Park. There Charles has a lively but basically friendly encounter. And during the walk we experience the emerging colors of fall, enriched by the rainfall and the setting sun.

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Walking back from a 103 visit in light rain. I know that most people find this kind of thing pretty boring, but I like to see the subtle sky tones under these circumstances …

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Up early to make an appointment at the extreme end of Island City. What should have lasted no more than one hour turned into three, so after already walking the neighborhood for an hour and a half to kill time while waiting, finally gave up and walked home. For another one and a half hour’s walk. Here are few things seen along the way.

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Special day here. Olivia came by, fresh from her weekend in Canada. She did a stopover in Seattle to connect with Ivi, then they proceeded to a suburb of Vancouver, BC, where Olivia’s intended was coaching a football match. Back home this afternoon, Olivia dropped off a package of goodies from Trader Joe’s that Ivi had assembled for us. And Ivi also called to recount the details of their whirlwind foreign escapade and confirmed that they successfully passed the international border crossing interrogation and checklist.

Later, we took the Horrendous Hound for his customary afternoon walk and mostly saw two very large piles of dirt at the school’s new construction site. And a couple of other sights.

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Eight laps around the soccer fields; all is well.

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Today, a trip out of the valley, up the mountain pass and on into Baker City, cowboy country. Visited the St. Al’s (HQ’d in Boise) satellite at the Baker City Hospital complex, involving the usual wait, along with bad and strange art on the walls and cell phone conversations by others. But the staff was cheerful and efficient, as we have come to expect from St. Al’s. They did take our money.

Returned by way of Haines (pop. 416) and Hwy 30, affording an opportunity, if you can call it that, for Windshield Photography.

Later on, walked The Charles downtown while some shopping was addressed. Spotted a variety of getaway vehicles, ranging from a 1985 Chevy Dolphin motor home to a T@B teardrop trailer towed by a newish Range Rover Evoque. Kim and Charlie surveyed the grounds of a downtown church. And back home again.