If you think I’m talking fire… well, yes. My guys were out until 3 am, fighting fire in a steep and rocky canyon. This time things went perfectly and they hit it hard and fast, and kept it to less than 30 acres! Score! Beats 4,000! Thunderstorms continue to swirl around… which means I’m on…
Tag: wildfire
Ash Devils
While the heaviest smoke has lifted, our skies are still filled with the haze of all the wildfires burning… We sit on the edge of our seats, nervous, scanning the skies for smoke trails that will lead us to tiny fires we can dispatch quickly and easily. We had a call the other day, one…
Keep Movin’
Keep movin’, girls, nothing for you here… **** July 6, 2011 Wordless Wednesday – “Shimmy to the Right” July 6, 2010 Good Morning Ride July 6, 2009 Let’s Rodeo! July 6, 2008 No entry.
Ugly Job
Back to normal. Kinda. The guys are back cutting, raking, baling, and stacking hay. The BLM continues their efforts at watching for hot spots… trees that smolder and then take off burning again… They have had their huge helicopter hauling water for two days. They’ll keep doing that for a while, because one tree could…
Sleep of Innocents
My brain is on overload. Can it be only two days since this started? I can’t imagine being in Colorado Springs or any other large fire since this little fire of ours has consumed me and my family so much. Bleh. So tonight, to end my late evening on a much happier note… let’s just…
If
Thanks so much for your prayers and well wishes. I’m not gonna talk much about this. It hurts. It’s maddeningly infuriating. It’s a state of being helpless. Today it went from this… To this… Yes. That’s the same spot. No, there are no cattle here… we would have put them here soon though. Now it’s…
Sh*&^%$t.
Our wheat hay under “smokey” skies at noon… Our wheat hay under SMOKEY skies at 8 pm. Sh*&^%$t. **** June 26, 2011 Jerri Burton Memorial Garden Walk June 26, 2010 Time Saved June 26, 2009 Book June 26, 2008 no entry.
Wordless Wednesday – “Scorched Earth”
A scene from the wildfire last week… It was eerie and creepy but attractive in a Tim Burton kind of way. The scorched earth was NOT quiet, but in its death throes of crackles and sizzles as the fire ate away at the remaining wood… **** July 27, 2010 Showerhouse Experience July 27, 2009…
Monday Movie – “Wildland Fire”
No worries… the fire was calm… the guys were on the line… I’m just backup. **** July 25, 2010 Wedding Photos July 25, 2009 You’re Invited July 25, 2008 No entry.
Between the Blades
Yellow bells. Usually the first wildflower to bloom on the prairie. But look again. See the old grass? Still standing. Still nutritious enough to make good feed for cattle. See the green grass? Here it comes… another season of food for cattle and wildlife. Imagine it all gone… burned to a crisp by wildland fires….
Red Tail Hawk Floating
Yesterday was my 28th wedding anniversary… wow. wheew. For many years we poured Warbex on this day… don’t know why it worked that way… but I’m very glad we don’t do that anymore… Warbex is a pour on insecticide for cattle. It worked great… it just smelled bad. Warbex (or that day) used to give…
A Distinctive Smell
There’s a unique smell that I have a love/hate relationship with… It’s kept me company on many a starlit night… It’s fired our branding barrels many a year ago… It’s given me worries about my guys… It’s made me sick to my stomach… It’s made me cry… It’s made me lose sleep… It’s come within…