Dorothy, be careful with those fumes. You may also be feeling the effects of gases and minute particulates in the air from the fires in the west. They're noticeable here now, and they've been travelling east longer than they've been travelling south. I'm impressed with the work you've finished at the new place, but don't let it make you sick.

The evenings aren't cool here yet, but the day's aren't as hot, down by about 5 degrees (you notice the difference between 100^o and 95^o) and by the end of the month it will be down into the low 90s during the day. Much easier on the garden and getting a fall crop.

I cleared out a portable bookcase (it folds flat) in my son's room, put things in his closet and in the recycle bin (about half and half). I'm thinking about rearranging the shelves in the kitchen again, and this matches another set of shelves that is already in there. If anyone comes to visit, my son's old room is also the guest room and it is getting roomier by the day! It's time for another run to the village recycle bins and to the local thrift store donation station.