Portland, Oregon: The Eagle Creek fire did not grow much overnight, the smoke is dissipating in Portland and there was a teeny bit of rain in the gorge tonight. All of this is wondrous news, but the Eagle Creek Fire is still the #1 fire in country... eclipsing only the #2 fire in the USA, which is also in Oregon.
It has not rained YET in Portland, but rain is falling over other parts of the state. We are waiting.
This afternoon, I drove My Driver to his first post-op appointment. His knee surgeon was most impressed with the lack of swelling and the general appearance of the right knee attached to My Old Runner. Dave has been given permission to drive, permission to get on the exercise bike and - most important - permission to attend the Oregon v Nebraska game Saturday in Eugene. (Good thing too - Lenny is flying in for the event.) This is all such good news. The doctor said Dave would be jogging in 8 weeks. I will place a bet on that... from the experience of his left meniscus repair, but will pray this will be true.
Speaking of Lenny... his son reached a milestone today:

I needlepointed a tooth fairy door hanger pillow (it has a jungle theme and a pocket to hold the lost tooth) for the kids a while ago - I wonder what the going rate is these days for a tooth? As I remember, once one tooth is lost, it's like a flood gate is opened and the rest fall out at a constant rate. Or do I remember wrong? Goodness. I can't remember.
I do remember receiving an entire quarter for a tooth I lost 55-ish years ago. Twenty-five cents was an absolute fortune. The tooth fairy really liked me... or maybe it was only Eldest Child Privlege?
After enjoying last night's left-over rice stir-fried together with the left-over asparagus for lunch, dinner was a super-easy Gazpacho soup from my blog. I say it was easy because I whirred it all together last night after dinner. If you have a food processor, blender, or mini-chopper, this recipe can't take ten minutes, and it benefits from a nice over-night melding in the fridge.




Until my next update, I remain, your garlicky correspondent.