Daybreak over the burned hillsides. The air is very smoky again today but it is from some distant fire. Everything near us is out, the roads are open and everything is back to "normal." "Normal" meaning having no truly effective plan for notifying residents of evacuation orders. On the plus side, it appears logging will be coming back to the area which is a huge part of the solution.

Twenty days ago I announced a silly zucchini contest promising 1 Steem to the winner. The post paid out, life was busy... I forgot. I remembered today and have just transferred 1 Steem to @yogajill for her great ideas for how to deal with that famously exuberant summer squash.

I also finally got to the post office today and got my junk mailed off to @thedamus. I went to town on Monday, right after the raffle but it was Labor Day and I just have not been to town again until today. Dragons do not really race to part with their shiny... but I have fulfilled my pledge! I am delighted to support the wonderful ssg-community and to send some plunder to someone who sent me silver a few months ago!

So the makeover on the trailer is coming together. I had put the bedroom off until last, using it to store tools and supplies while I worked on the other rooms. I have reached a "sequencing" point, the final touches on the exterior walls need to wait until the final level of the house is done. The kitchen is actually not getting the full makeover yet, it will be made functional for this winter and then we will update everything in the spring. So, yesterday I hauled everything out of that back bedroom so I could pull up the last of the nasty carpet. OMG I will NEVER have carpet again. This room was pretty clean, especially compared to the living room and hall but still... just nasty under there. I'd rather have a dirt floor, at least it is supposed to have an inch of dirt under the rug! I did not think of it really quite "before" but you can get a feel for what I am about to tackle.

It has been quite the learning adventure. One wall had been punched / kicked and then "repaired" by screwing paneling over the hole. I got to pull a wall apart to fix that and that was surprisingly satisfying. I am not showing any more pics of the living room until it is done. I am going to throw my arm out patting myself on the back over it, it is REALLY cute now. It was filthy, now it is charming. But I am not done... you will have to wait.