I know I'm slacking off this week. We are finally getting into the groove of swimming lessons and dance lessons and summer movies and it's sucking up most of my internet time. That and I really am trying to finish my rug in the next few weeks.
Also we've got these raging fires going on. This was the view Sunday afternoon from our back deck, the day the big fire started. It doesn't look quite so menacing today, but it is still burning. It has reached the inner basin of the mountain. That means that: our mountain used to be a volcano, then a huge part blew off, and there is a big hole in the middle called the inner basin, that is where the fire is now.
There are helicopters all over the place watching the fire, but it seems like they are just letting most of it burn. The area where it is now is very difficult to reach with vehicles, so they are fighting the fires on the front where it could threaten homes and letting it burn in the wilderness. Luckily the wind has died down and it is blowing all that smoke away from our house and sending it east towards the Painted Desert.
The kids were a little freaked out on Sunday and Monday. We tried to reassure them that there is nothing that we wouldn't be able to replace if our house burned down, we would have plenty of time to evacuate, our house is made of solid rock and cement, and fires are much easier to prepare for than hurricanes, tornadoes, or earthquakes.
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