A pole, two men and nary a fire to fight

This is totally backwards - I wanted to write about how the playground at the church was coming along, since my last report back, but I just don't have time. So, instead, I leave you with just three pics of Tim and Adam working on getting the "fireman's pole" ready to install...

I'll try to give feedback on our workday, and how far we've come with the tree house, this week still.

I'm beyond excited to see the progress, I must say!

Is that it, summer?

Last week it was in the 30s here. This morning I woke up and ... it wasn't. I am, as a result, slowly having to come to terms with the fact that it is going to get much colder and that I may need to source some long pants, closed shoes and a sweater or two.

Hey, I may even go all out and try to find a warm jacket and some ice skates too. Apparently weekend social hockey games are essential to winter living here in small-town Canuckistan.

My only concern as the winter approaches is what I'm going to do with my dark glasses now that it's getting darker earlier and earlier ... People may not recognise me at church if I'm not wearing them!

In the meantime, here is one last look back at one of the many perfect days Summer dished up for us last month - when we took a quick jaunt out to the Cottonwood River north of town.

The Cottonwood River

Perfect spot

Pure laziness

Preparing to plunge

Water fight!

Contemplation

A hint of Autumn

Let's levitate

Last week Elissa (some of you will remember her from across at my Wordpress blog) posted a pic on Facebook of her sister "levitating", and it looked like something that would be cool to try. I haven't been in an experimenting or inspired mood photography-wise lately but, with Elissa's photo to motivate me, I decided to fix all that today.

Zoë arrived at the church unexpectedly, and two kids from across the road were playing out back, so I asked if they would all be my guinea pigs. There was a whole lot of trial and error (error being the operative word) and most of the pics didn't turn out but we sure had fun trying!

Herewith three kids levitating in the kids' play park we're building ...

Not exactly levitating, but it was a start!

Trying to figure out how mermaids levitate at the Mermaid Rock

There's something special about a flying cushion!

Now this one worked! Too funky!

Flying in to the balance beam

This levitating is an exhausting business.

A serendipitous shoot

I love serendipitous shoots - out of the blue, when I'm not prepared for them. A few weeks back, after supper, Elissa suddenly proclaimed that the light looked perfect, and that we should go to shoot at Edgewood Farm up here in Red Bluff.

Winter is very much on its way - the evenings are cooler, mosquitoes are more scarce and the leaves are starting to change colour. Most days, menacing storm clouds seem to gather towards sunset and then, just as they're done helping produce the most stunning sunsets, they leave. This was one of those evenings.

I rushed home to fetch my camera gear and tore out to the farm as quickly as I could to meet Elissa and her sister Kristen (who was to model for us). The light was, as she had said, perfect!