fire – Page 2 – Ink, Yarn & Beer

High Noon and Hope

Sometimes the sun is relentless, heat is oppressive, but today, the fear of wind-whipped fires is no joke. In SoCal it has been a dry summer and fires are raging, not just nearby, but up north. We were awakened this morning to phone calls of closing of schools and potential power shut-offs to prevent further fires. The winds could blow sparks and ignite fires miles away. Let us hope things don’t get to the point of being evacuated – which we have been fortunate to avoid thus far over the years – but off I go in a bit to clean up and to begin sorting out what to take. The wind is about 30-70 mph, depending on where you are, but it is strong enough here, and so filled with dust and ash, that all the windows are closed. The wind I so love is now an enemy.

Busy Morning

I am not sure where things will end up. This morning I woke up to the smell of smoke filling the house. Somewhere, a fire. The sound of the winds was up, curling around the house and howling. It is fire season and Santa Ana wind season in my neck of the woods. Phone calls from SoCal Edison warning of potential power shut-offs and calls from the school district letting us know schools are closed. I am drinking my coffee to wake up enough to figure out what to do. Writing all this is a way to clear the fog from my morning brain to make a list of what to pack in case we are evacuated.

Confused, Hands, Up, Unsure, Perplexed, Young

Burnt

In the Woods

Inktober is done and gone . . . this past week I’ve been sewing like a fiend, last night there was a mass shooting down the road from us with a thirteen people killed and eighteen wounded – more – there are fires to the east and west of us, and the wind is blowing like crazy. There is peace in ink.

Apocalypse

Mass shooting, fires to the east and to the west. My husband took this whilst out on a walk with the dogs.