Fog....

I went to bed late last night, and lay there trying to read a book, but the cool air coming through the window kept distracting me. It smelled so good! It was really cold...and smelled just like the sea. I gulped in great big lungs full and kept it in as long as I could. About 4:00 I had to take Sadie out to pee. It was then that I noticed there were no stars out, and it sounded like it was raining. It wasn't, it was really foggy. THe really thick, you can't see through it fog, that forms in the Fall. THe kind that comes after a really hot dry day. The cool air from the sea sweeps in as the sun sets and mixes with the hot air from the land and Voila!! FOG. This thick fog was hitting the trees, sticking to their leaves, and dripping down like rain. THe grass is damp, and Sadie pees, but then runs toward the trees, to see what all the noise is. About this time a ship turns the corner from the Straight into Admiralty Inlet and hits the fog horn. BOOOOOP! really deep and loud. (as the crow flies I am about 1/4 mile from the shipping lane and up about 100 feet.) Sadie jumps, and heads right for the hem of my muumuu. There she sits cowering, afraid of what she can't see. Peeking out from under the hem as if to say, "Is it gone Mommie?"

It is now 2:00 in the afternoon, and the fog still has a firm grip on the land. It cooled down about 20 degrees from yesterday's record breaking heat. The leaves in the Alder Trees out back are turning yellow and brown and falling faster and faster. Soon the trees will be bare, and the Highway noise will be louder. The logging that was done this summer will have taken down the green buffer zone. It is hard to tell right now how much is gone, because it was done in the center of the Alders. With all of the leaves gone, the damage will show up more. I wish we could put a moratorium on all logging until the evergreens are replenished. It is really sad to see all the trees get cut and houses built. Makes me want to sell and move on...