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Look how long my hair has gotten... to the point where it was constantly getting in my way. But why waste such perfect hair? And so much of it? I decided to donate my hair to Locks for Love.Before:
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We are off to the State Fair on this beautiful cool summer evening!
It's not that we had fallen off the earth.... Quite opposite. This past week Kayo managed to complete her small mission in keeping our U.S.-Japan relations in tact. We only mean that Kayo didn't screw up badly translating for the delegation from our sister city in Japan. And we got to meet quite a few new and interesting people both from Japan and around here. Joe mostly played a good translator's husband role, but for the "sayonara" party he became a hero, bringing a warm plate of fresh local fish to eat. That early morning Joe and his dad went fishing and caught lots of fish! (Of course, I had to work....) 
A great catch of the day!! 
Every one at the party loved Joe's fish and couldn't get enough of it. And here in the photo, the delegates started playing music and singing songs, while everybody else sang along to familiar tunes. Yes, Leinie's beers were shared and a bottle of sake emptied. We had a good time!
Yesterday morning we went fishing the Big Hole on Apple Creek with Joe's dad. It was a beautiful morning (although Kayo had a hard enough time getting out of the bed at 6:30 a.m.).
Thanks to the recent rain falls, the water level was where it should be, and its color perfect dark chocolate brown. Joe's dad said it was a perfect fishing condition, which I didn't take seriously first, at least not until I saw fish being caught, I thought.... Joe caught our first keeper, a rainbow. Then I saw lighter-color something rise under the dark water. Before I knew it, the fish was on my lure. It was a big one!! A nice German brown trout. So, it was worth getting up early! But Joe's dad kept repeating that it would've been even better one hour earlier. Whatever... I got a nice fish AND an hour more sleep, didn't I? 
Here's me holding my proud catch. Joe measured and determined she was 13-3/4"; I'd say it was 14". And over all, it was a great day fishing. We came home with 6 keeper trout (mine was the biggest!!) and we released and missed many more. It was the best fishing I have experienced in my few years of fishing. And yes, it pays to get up early for fishing; fish quit hitting once the sun rose high above the tree lines. 
After such good fishing, all I wanted to do in the warm afternoon was to take a nap. But for our hometown Pioneer Days celebration grand finale, we had a little work to do. We prepped a pork taco assembly station for our company to snack while waiting for the firework display. It turned out to be a perfect evening to sit outside (we only have a limited number of days we can do that throughout a year). Big and little kids had fun with their sparklers. Of course, Joe was the biggest firebug, who showed off his own firework exhibition on our block. The city's firework display, which we ooh-aahed from our own front porch, was very nice, too.
The victorious gladiolus and sunflower both survived chipmunks and rabbits.
Here I post the only photo from the State Fair this year. Joe and his dad were very, very disappointed that there was no shoot-out-a-star game. No huge huggable prize this year, but they managed to win a smallish Garfield at the coin-pushing-prized place. 
After:
We are off to the State Fair on this beautiful cool summer evening! 
A great catch of the day!! 
Every one at the party loved Joe's fish and couldn't get enough of it. And here in the photo, the delegates started playing music and singing songs, while everybody else sang along to familiar tunes. Yes, Leinie's beers were shared and a bottle of sake emptied. We had a good time!
Here's Judy in her little Miata!
Then I got in Judy's car to ride in the parade... well, turned out it's kind of hard to take pictures when you're in it!
Here's a good shot of Joe and Judy and the cars. Phil was busy at the Theatre meantime, but got to come out and see us drive by. Hopefully next year Phil's '88 Fiero (yes, another one, but even more sportier) can join the other two.
Next morning, after breakfast, our hosts threw us both in the river upstream from their cabin and simply told us "See you back at the cabin in an hour and a half." So we went with the flow in our kayaks. It was beautiful and relaxing!!
Down we went in Yellow River...
I took a bunch of photos, hoping to paint some images of the river. Our business trip turned out to be fun and very enjoyable. We managed to forget our empty cooler behind at the cabin... so we look forward to seeing our new friends sometime, somewhere, again!
Thanks to the recent rain falls, the water level was where it should be, and its color perfect dark chocolate brown. Joe's dad said it was a perfect fishing condition, which I didn't take seriously first, at least not until I saw fish being caught, I thought.... Joe caught our first keeper, a rainbow. Then I saw lighter-color something rise under the dark water. Before I knew it, the fish was on my lure. It was a big one!! A nice German brown trout. So, it was worth getting up early! But Joe's dad kept repeating that it would've been even better one hour earlier. Whatever... I got a nice fish AND an hour more sleep, didn't I? 
Here's me holding my proud catch. Joe measured and determined she was 13-3/4"; I'd say it was 14". And over all, it was a great day fishing. We came home with 6 keeper trout (mine was the biggest!!) and we released and missed many more. It was the best fishing I have experienced in my few years of fishing. And yes, it pays to get up early for fishing; fish quit hitting once the sun rose high above the tree lines. 
After such good fishing, all I wanted to do in the warm afternoon was to take a nap. But for our hometown Pioneer Days celebration grand finale, we had a little work to do. We prepped a pork taco assembly station for our company to snack while waiting for the firework display. It turned out to be a perfect evening to sit outside (we only have a limited number of days we can do that throughout a year). Big and little kids had fun with their sparklers. Of course, Joe was the biggest firebug, who showed off his own firework exhibition on our block. The city's firework display, which we ooh-aahed from our own front porch, was very nice, too. 
And it's just amazing how much plants can grow in a few hot days with some warm rain. Only this evening we noticed our peas actually have gotten pods!! We thought they were only big enough to bloom before the weekend. 
Tomatoes, too. Exciting!
And the grapes in my hand!!
See how thick and green our grape vines have gotten... mmm, jelly, jelly, jellllliiiiy!
