The aroma is of campfire … but it’s different somehow. The day is a yellowish-brown, haze covers everything and dulls every color. Shadows disappear … likewise the sun.

Climbing higher helps not … the smoke from many forest fires has blanketed the PNW.

Deep in the forest, the beauty remains – somehow muted though. The sounds of cool clear waters revives the spirit, even while surrounded by a blanket of smoke.

See the sun … that little pale yellow dot above the small tree? Not to despair, it’s good to be inside our tiny home on a day like today!!

Cook something colorful, something bright, something full of flavor and goodness!