We got really lucky. Here’s the tree that fell. It came within 2 inches of our car. So all of my neurotic “don’t park under that tree!” paid off in the end.

I went outside to feel what it felt like on the hottest day yet in Portland, OR. That’s my china hat in the picture. Sadly, I do not look as cute as Hillary and Chelsea do in theirs:

Gideon declared 104 ° felt like “God’s convection oven.” We wrapped up the photo shoot and went back inside to eat chilled Poona Kheera cucumbers, cold sesame noodles, and drink another gallon of iced tea.
Check out this weather forecast:
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