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Unexpected afternoon excitement...

Thu Jul 2, 2009, 12:16 AM
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:iconthankyouplz4:Thank you to everyone who honors my photographs with favorites or adds them to a collection :love: I will always answer comments but I can no longer guarantee that I will be able to acknowledge every fave, although I appreciate each one! :blowkiss:

I was working in my home office and my husband was in the tv room working on his computer when the sound of a REALLY close airplane began to permeate our consciences...by the third pass we knew we had to go look. Now I’ve spent my entire life in California where brush fires are not uncommon but what we found were plumes of smoke rising above the ridge right behind our home in Northern California that looked like the flames were really close. The plane we’d heard, a Forestry fire retardant dropping bomber! As we drove up the gravel road which is our driveway we saw a water dropping helicopter come up from behind us where it had been collecting water at a cattle pond just up canyon from our home.

We followed the road along the top of the ridge trying to get an idea of how close it was to determine if we needed to round up the cats and pack the cars. After about half a mile we saw other cars stopped and people standing on the edge of a driveway and deck looking down at the smoke.


We joined the other spectators with the thought that no one in that home was madly scrambling to pack so they must not feel too threatened…we watched the helicopters come in time after time dropping their water with an amazing amount of accuracy. And the sound of the bomber – wow!

The home where we were watching had a very clever and cooling sprinkler system attached to their deck spraying over the ground down the steep hill – I think we’ll add those to our decks, too! The spray kept the heat down a bit but made a mess of my camera lens…when the helicopter came by we could feel the wind and watch the smoke swirl around – and the sound and vibrations…

We watched for an hour or so – chatting with neighbors that it took a fire to meet :no: while we listened to the sounds of a bull dozer and chainsaws clearing a firebreak. A fire fighter came huffing up the hill with the good news that it was mostly out but for hotspots…


I still have no idea what caused the fire but we are grateful at how quickly the crews were on the job to put it out!

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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Bulls bellowing in the canyon
  • Reading: A collection of Murder Mysteries
  • Watching: the shadow of the fan on the ceiling
  • Eating: Peanut butter cookies
  • Drinking: Ice tea
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*bear48:iconbear48: 2 hours 1 minute ago
Thank you so very much for adding Water Dragon to your favs

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St. Francis said,
“A man who uses his hands is a laborer. One who uses his hands and mind is a craftsman. He who uses his hands, and his mind, and his heart is an artist.”
=kayaksailor:iconkayaksailor: 56 minutes 23 seconds ago
MY pleasure!

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Member of =TreesClub and *Everything-Nikon and *TreesWithCharacter and a firm believer in *NNTR (check it out - ask me if you don't understand!) Just joined ~Finer-Things-Club
*bydandphotography:iconbydandphotography: 8 hours 43 minutes ago
thanks for the most recent :+fav:! :hug:
=kayaksailor:iconkayaksailor: 8 hours 38 minutes ago
:blowkiss: always MY pleasure!

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Member of =TreesClub and *Everything-Nikon and *TreesWithCharacter and a firm believer in *NNTR (check it out - ask me if you don't understand!) Just joined ~Finer-Things-Club
=katon241162:iconkaton241162: 1 day 2 hours ago
Hi Ruth, thank you for adding "The Cauldron Revisited" to your favourites:-)

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=kayaksailor:iconkayaksailor: 1 day 2 hours ago
it is always MY pleasure to fave your work :blowkiss:

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=1001G:icon1001G: 1 day 9 hours ago
ty so for the favs ruth!

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*alimuse:iconalimuse: 1 day 10 hours ago
Ruth, thanks for the new favorites! I really appreciate it!

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"Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable, and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art. And tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding." David Bayles and Ted Orland
*garfildus:icongarfildus: 1 day 19 hours ago
thank you for faving my Janet :D :hug:

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