Fire
I could smell it before I heard about it or saw the smoke from the fire burning on this side of the valley. This picture is from yesterday before it got considerably larger thanks to the wind. The news reports indicate a lightening strike started it; we certainly didn’t get any rain along with the lightening. After their experience last week, the boys were very reluctant to go outside this morning because of the smell. I don’t blame them at all.
That fire seems awfully close! I hope they have it under control.
Oddly, your photo made the scene look beautiful like oil painting,
Yikes!
[...] bottom from catching on fire given the wind and the conditions. I read in the paper today that the fire from ten days ago is finally contained after burning more than 6600 acres southeast of here. That [...]