This summer is reminding me of 2017 with all the fires and smoke laden air.
This is the current map of the fires in our province. We are in that south east corner.
This map shows our area. We are Creston. The red line is the USA border, 6 miles from us. The long narrow lake is Kootenay Lake.
The fire north of Wynndel is the Akokli Creek fire. While it is not much of a threat to us, residences in the area close to the fire are under evacuation alert.
The fire on the other side of the lake is very visible,
and is probably going to be allowed to burn itself out, as it is in an area that is bordered by the lake on the east and there are no structures anywhere near it- the fire crews are stretched thin with so many fires that are posing danger to communities.
However, the smoke is a problem for those of us who have breathing problems.
The sunrise is red from the smoke and the sun is a red ball in the sky most of the day.
We do what we can to get by. There is no end in sight for the end of this heat wave, our 7 day forecast has clear skies and temps in the mid to high 90's.
We are fortunate that we are on a well system, which allows us plenty of water for essentials like keeping our gardens alive, and our pond still has water which we can pump from if needed . Today we are going to set up our fire hose and sprinklers so that we can have them ready to keep the barn watered down if needed. I would hate to lose all that hay!
I keep spare buckets of water handy at the barn- much to the delight of the thirsty wasps.
Meanwhile, Dally is finally getting this get-caught-eat-grain program figured out. In the last 3 or 4 days she has only played hard to get once.
She is 2 months old now. She is quite a little character! Smart though. Our little walks are still in the pasture; I have only taken her out of the pen a couple of times. She isn't quite ready for more adventurous walks yet, she has to learn good leading manners first. No leaping around! So far my verbal corrections are working.
8 comments:
the air quality must be terrible. I hope that the heat ends soon and you get some rain.
Wow, that fire/smoke looks too close for comfort! I remember when you blogged about a scary wildfire scenario & were ready to evacuate if needed. So sorry!! It must be hard to breath and sleep without worry. Wish I could send you some cooler weather and that wet stuff that helps things grow. Take good care of yourselves and your beautiful horses!
I sure hope it doesn't get 2017 bad for you :-/.
stay safe. i hate summer, heat, smoke, and fires. none of it is pleasant.
Hope you can teach Dally to load soon just in case. Those fires are all scary, we are supposed to get the smoke back again this week. Rain rain come and stay! WE got a bit of rain today maybe 1/10 of an inch...not much:(
The air quality was horrible yesterday, but we just got rain, and it might be heading your way! I hope so! Dally looks great. When did she become really interested in grain? Epona is only slightly interested in it right now. She’s 7.5 weeks.
Linda- Yesterday was not bad except for the smoke. We did get a little sprinkle in the evening and about a 10 minute shower this morning, but then it got stupid hot again.
Dos Galgos- I visited California a few times in the 70's- not sure it would be my destination of choice these days though. I loved the Redwood Forest and the huge tree you drive through, and the drive along the coast was spectacular.
Some darn good horses have come out of that State! And still do.
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