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A Week in Photos: 2026, Part 29

July 29, 2026

Monday, July 13: I drove the car while Mr. Karen drove the rental truck across the rest of Washington state to our house. Well, our barn, because we wanted to unload some furniture destined for the apartment there first. It was a nice drive, and the mountains (Rainier and Baker) were out for us to see.

Back of a rental truck open to show boxes and furniture loaded all the way back and maybe 2/3 to the top.

Tuesday, July 14: Mr. Karen drove the truck up to the house and we unloaded and unloaded the rest of the day. Did that mean the truck was empty? No, it did not, as we kept finding things that belonged in the barn, not the house, and also we just ran out of energy to deal with the last of the big furniture.

Large Uhaul rental truck pulled up next to a house.

Wednesday, July 15: We had to return the rental truck by 11:30 in the morning, so we got up early (for us), unloaded the last furniture into the driveway (under the port cochere), drove down to the barn and unloaded the last stuff there, swept out the truck, and drove to the rental return place just in time, with a stop for gas along the way because Uhaul charges something like $45 a gallon if you do not return it with as much gas as was in it when you picked it up (in our case, a quarter tank). Then it was a celebratory lunch, grocery shopping, getting the port cochere furniture into the house, and finally relaxing while looking at the sunset.

sunset with sherbet colors in the sky and dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground.

Thursday, July 16: The blackberries are starting to ripen. I know the focus on this photo isn’t crisp, but I think it captures the feel of the hunt. (Not that the bushes are hard to find since they’re pretty much everywhere.)

Dark blackberry in a tangle of leaves and branches, with berries in various stages of not yet ripe tangled in there too.

Friday, July 17: I thought the hostas might be done blooming by the time we got back from our trip, but these were still in fine form. I even saw a hummingbird dipping into these blooms before zooming off.

Saturday, July 18: The guest bedrooms came with some furniture in them when we bought the house. We brought guest bedroom furniture with us from Idaho. After trying all the new beds and mattresses and considering their merits, we came up with a plan for what we wanted where. Unfortunately, the plan does not involve leaving anything where it was, thus step 1, bed disassembly in what we call bedroom 2 (the girl’s room in the original plans).

Black metal bedframe partially disassembled and sitting on light brown carpet in a bedroom.

Sunday, July 19: Nature is all around us here. Including this wildflower (weed?) pushing its way up through the deck.

Corner of a brown deck with a stalk of a plant growing up between the boards. Clumps of yellow blossoms at the end of the branches of the stalk.

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