Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, gardens, travel and life
Red Sun Gray Ash
Today we woke up to hazy skies through which a red sun glowed. Though eerily beautiful it is not normal and attests only to raging fires everywhere in the Northwest; ironically at the same time that flooding engulfs the Southeast.
Other evidence of the fires can be found in the ash floating in the air and landing on our cars.
A strange end to summer to be sure.
Praying and eagerly awaiting rain in the Northwest and sun in the Southeast!
~ Susanne
We’re praying for rain too! The fires have Effie and me smoked in–except for decking out in a particle mask to make a quick egg run up our hill!
Yes, rain!!
I was flying home from Chicago yesterday (Alex had one final dental appointment so we made it a fun weekend) – and I checked the weather forecast for Los Angeles – it said, for the first time, the word “SMOKE” under the temperature!
Wow! I’ve seen on the news that LA is burning! As is Montana, Eastern Washington & now the Columbia River Gorge. So sad!
A big brush fire north of us…large but it’s in an area of all mountain and brush – only a few buildings destroyed so we were lucky – but that’s also WHY it burned, really wild area
Glad to hear few homes impacted and not too close to you.. so many worrisome fires in Washington and Oregon right now.. really hoping for the rain to come soon!
They should collect that water to put out your fires, Susanne.
Nice hazy image of a red sun.
Best wishes, Pete.
Yes, if only they could send their water up here we would gladly put it to use!
We are not looking forward to Hurricane Irma to end our summer. Poor Texas and Louisiana got really hammered, and now it’s Florida’s turn…
~Grace
Hoping it’s not too bad for you in Florida! Stay safe! 🙂
We’re stocking up on supplies and doing our best. Thanks for the support!
~Grace