Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-15

  • Lily the mare is home. And all will be well and all manner of things will be well. — Julian of Norwich #
  • We've been getting lots of rain showers today: welcome but odd. #
  • #WaldoCanyonFire 100% contained. http://t.co/CptZ7o9n #
  • The worst part of viewing my gmail spam folder is seeing links for things like "Ginger Spam Salad." #
  • We apparently have two rufous hummingbirds dueling over our feeders. #

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Rion and Toys

When Lily the Golden Retriever joined our household, I had to put dog toys out of reach because she would destroy them and possibly swallow the remains.  I didn’t feel too sorry for Rion because he viewed Lily as his toy.

Now that Lily is gone, Rion is making due with second best.  His attempts to turn Lightning the Sheltie into a toy have not been successful.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-08

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-07-01

  • Not quite 6:00 am and I am already seeing smoke from #WaldoCanyonFire . I am just north of AFA. #
  • No smoke smell when I woke up north of AFA, but starting to smell it again. #
  • My farrier just cold shod my mare because of fire risk. So glad that's done. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • Two views south from our place of the site of #WaldoCanyonFire http://t.co/Y1a1wmpl #
  • BTW @kktv thx for the 24×7 live streaming video coverage of #WaldoCanyonFire So nice for those of us who can't sleep. #
  • Watching from five miles away, disaster movies come to mind. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • After the Firestorm: #WaldoCanyonFire http://t.co/GMUxPl8N #
  • I think I am hearing the heavy tankers overhead, making their runs on #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • We are now in pre-evac status for #WaldoCanyonFire I was sure it was coming, but damn. #
  • It's really hard not to feel the pathetic fallacy at times. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • Right now gusting winds strong enough to shred leaves on cottonwood, north of AFA. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • Waiting for the #WaldoCanyonFire presser at 8:00 am. #
  • #WaldoCanyonFire presser: no red flag warning today! (Red flag means fire weather.) #
  • #WaldoCanyonFire 4 pm presser: good news on containment progress, but horrible on number of homes lost to Tuesday firestorm. #
  • #WaldoCanyonFire Think about it this way: LEO essentially have to process 346 crime sites. #
  • Excellent: the rollback of some areas to pre-evac for #WaldoCanyonFire Unnerving: the regular patrols of fire equipment along our road. #
  • Fire engine patrol just drove by for 1st time I've noticed this morning. Occasional smoke smell here north of AFA. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • #WaldoCanyonFire 25% containment announced at 4:00 pm presser. #
  • Looks like you can go home. #
  • Smoky here north of AFA this morning. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • 30% containment #WaldoCanyonFire at 8:00 am briefing. #
  • Bears invaded Green Mountain Falls and must be persuaded to go elsewhere. #WaldoCanyonFire #
  • #WaldoCanyonFire containment 45%. No growth; no injuries. 4 pm presser. #

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Still Watching

Early this morning, I took this photo looking south toward the site of the Waldo Canyon Fire.  There was a moderate smell of smoke, which is actually not bad, since it meant it was cool enough for the fire to lay down overnight.  Yesterday the Incident Command Team announced 45% containment.  Last night, the El Paso County Sheriff lifted the pre-evacuation notice for our area.

Although yesterday was full of good news as far as lifting evacuations and fire fighting progress, I don’t think many of us in this region will feel particularly safe until the snow flies.  However, the start of daily afternoon rains would be helpful.