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Before

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We had smokey skies here in Seattle for the past week from the wildfires in Washington and Oregon but this morning, after a rainstorm and westerly winds chased out the smoke, we woke up to clear skies.  I cannot even tell you how happy we were today to know that it is safe to breathe again.  The above photos are what we could see from our house.  My neighbor immediately called me up and we went out for our Saturday neighborhood walk and it felt so good.  


I wanted to take photos of everything because it all looked so beautiful after a week of smoke.  Our little friend, Jeb, was even out of his pen grazing in the vacant lot next door from his corral.


We unexpectedly ran into Jeb during one of our walks when we decided to take this shortcut to see where it went.  And lo and behold, a little pony was living at a house there.  Who would guess in the middle of a city?  This is why we love our neighborhood.  What a cute gate at this house. 


One sole apple was on this newly planted apple tree.   I was tempted to pick it and give it to Jeb.  But I'm not that kind of neighbor...plus I know that Jen is on a special diet, as are most equine, which we know from personal experience of owning a horse in Idaho.


Here was an outdoor birthday party going on during this era of covid. 


We noticed these interesting trees everywhere bearing odd looking fruit that looked like raspberries on steroids. 

We looked them up and I think it is a Korean dogwood tree and these odd looking fruit are actually edible.  We noticed that birds were eating them.  

They really stand out this time of year and we noticed them everywhere. 


 If you live in a smoke effected area, I hope your air clears up soon and you can get out and enjoy clean air again soon.  We sure enjoyed our day today.  



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