On the 27th of April, before the fires the last few days (so cal was on fire again due to high heat and winds) and they were down in the same areas we had fires back in 2003, when our house was threatened)....... this day, we visited the botanical gardens. It was my husband's birthday so upon giving him several suggestions of things to do for his birthday, he/we decided to go there and then out to eat.
I have a lot of photos from that day but will post just one for now, as I wanted to get something up on my blog which I neglect so often due to posting other places (art and nature blogs)... When I was going through the photos this morning I saw this one - and it might be one of my favorite ones out of the bunch.
A male mallard duck in a pond at the botanical gardens.
We have to make a trip down the hill today to buy a fix it something or other for a leak in a faucet (not just replacing a washer type of fix) and this will be a chance to see the fire from a different vantage point. I think it's almost contained and as far as I know didn't burn down any structures. However, the same night as the fires down the hill there was a fire up here on the other side of the lake up in the hills. We drove by yesterday and the smoke smell was still heavy in the air - evidently one structure burned to the ground, two were damaged and there was one injury of someone who was airlifted out due to jumping off a balcony and breaking a leg (I think I read). Seems like there are lots of weather related news again (or maybe it's all the time actually).
Hope all is well in your world weather-wise!
I have a lot of photos from that day but will post just one for now, as I wanted to get something up on my blog which I neglect so often due to posting other places (art and nature blogs)... When I was going through the photos this morning I saw this one - and it might be one of my favorite ones out of the bunch.
A male mallard duck in a pond at the botanical gardens.
We have to make a trip down the hill today to buy a fix it something or other for a leak in a faucet (not just replacing a washer type of fix) and this will be a chance to see the fire from a different vantage point. I think it's almost contained and as far as I know didn't burn down any structures. However, the same night as the fires down the hill there was a fire up here on the other side of the lake up in the hills. We drove by yesterday and the smoke smell was still heavy in the air - evidently one structure burned to the ground, two were damaged and there was one injury of someone who was airlifted out due to jumping off a balcony and breaking a leg (I think I read). Seems like there are lots of weather related news again (or maybe it's all the time actually).
Hope all is well in your world weather-wise!
7 comments:
I hope you stay safe from the fires there, Sandy. Beautiful photo! That is really a great shot. I love all the colors in the duck and in the water.
thanks Daisy - fires are all out as far as I know. The air quality was not the greatest down the hill yesterday but thankfully fires are out.
This is a gorgeous shot!
Fire season is starting here, I am praying for rain.
Be safe, always, Sandy
thanks Margie and I hope you get rain!
I was following the fire story, as much as I could find up here in our news and realized it started around the same area as 2003! That was such a bad memory! I'm glad the fire didn't get any further out of hand. The back ground and reflection of the duck is so beautiful I saved off the photo.
yes it did Laura - actually around Etiwanda but traveling towards our old place - From Carnelian to Haven was under mandatory evac - just like before. glad all were safe though and it is almost 100 percent contained.
Wow, I did not ever see that anywhere! I knew there were evacuations but didn't know it was over that far!
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