Fire Season.



WOW!  This is what I saw today from the parking lot at Walmart on the way to my car. 
It's the time of year where we need to be really careful about burning and all the old "Smokey the Bear" warnings. 
Because of the way water does not stay in the soil, (mostly sand) it gets crazy dry on top where all the leaves and brush are. 
Two years ago right were I'm standing taking this photo there was a huge fire, all the woods burnt, and we could smell the smoldering trees for quite awhile afterwords.  It was quite scary because this is only about a quarter mile as the bird (ember) flies from our home. 


After I took these photos the smoke from the fire got even bigger, but I was in my car heading home, I could see it in the rear view mirror. 
These fires happen about every other week within our viewing distance. They lose acres and acres of vegetation, but it seems to grow back pretty quickly. Everyone just prays it stays away from homes and businesses. 


Below is a photo from our TV about the fire, they cover the news really well down here. They said 30-40 acres are involved.  Look close at all the cars backed up, Charlie was on that road heading home from his volunteer work this afternoon, and was an hour sitting in traffic. 


Its supposed to be rainy at some point this weekend so I'll keep my fingers crossed. 
Until then I'll just trot off to my sewing room and bury my head in some yummy projects till everything simmers down. 


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