This is the first sunny day we have had in over two weeks. It started out as just a few patches in a mostly cloudy sky and I figured they were just "sucker holes" (see previous post) But then they began to join together and the sun started to shine through. I was getting the boys up from their first nap of the day, and started singing, "Let the sun shine, let the sun shine in..." and dancing around the room. I guess the lack of sunshine can do strange things to you (LOL). Although there was a distinctively fall-like chill in the air that reminded you that this is still September in Alaska, it was a glorious day. Which is good. Because our grocery truck got a flat somehow on it's way around the cove. Two people went out to help. They couldn't get the spare to release from the cable that holds it on, so a third person had to go out with cable cutters. By the time they were done, they were only 10 or 15 minutes from being caught by the tide. If it had been raining, I don't think they would have made it in time. All is well that ends well, right?
We have a retreat group here tonight that has been coming for a number of years and this is the first year in a long time that they have been able to have their campfire actually on the beach. Usually they have to cook their smores at the fireplace in the dining hall!!
The only real drawback (and I am by NO means complaining one bit, this is just an observation) to the awesome weather today is that the fireweed has gotten an opportunity to dry out and it is taking advantage of it by all going to "seed" at once, or as I like to call it, "poofing". There were so many fireweed seeds floating in the air today that it looked like it was snowing pretty much all afternoon. It was a sight to behold.
