While in Oregon, we saw lots of news about the monsoon season hitting northern Arizona and lots of flash floods. Upon returning, we were surprised by the amount of damage to the nearby Sinclair Wash trail.
We got some new plants for the front entrance of our home.
Megan visited and among other hikes, we went to the Flagstaff Farmers Market where we saw some very artistic breads.
Our Flagstaff HOA had the annual meeting on August 7 and one of the issues was the deterioration of our stone walls. To make the point, two mornings later this large rock had fallen off this wall - no one was apparently injured.
We discovered Campbell Mesa Trails on the east side of Flagstaff. There are five loops and we hiked the Continental and Sinagua loops. Acre after acre of wild flowers due to all the monsoon rains this year.
Besides finishing the fence project, Megan helped me replace the screen mesh and splines on our seven windows with screens. We also got this nice spider plant and hung it from the skylight in the master bath.
As anyone who has followed the news knows, Covid and the variants have come back and the pandemic has returned (it never really left). My sister Helen cancelled her Sept. 1 trip to Flagstaff and her Sept. 28 trip to Scotland. Martha cancelled her Sept. trip to South Carolina. We are now wearing face masks when ever we go inside any place except home. I will watch the numbers but if the trends continue, my four fall trips may be cancelled.
We will have Covid for a long time - the latest news is that it is recommended that we get a third dose of the vaccine about 8 months after the second dose.
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