A great sign this morning: pastel-pink clouds against a torquoise sky in the east as the sun rose on my way to work. All of the wildfires here are either extinguished or under control and expected to be surrounded within the next few days. This weekend was spent mainly cleaning up ash everywhere on Saturday and catching up on errands that had been unimportant the week prior. Everyone that was out in my neighborhood was sporting masks. Mine was pink. Sunday we went with another couple to see "Michael Clayton" at a theater in Poway, and midway through the smoke had managed to seep into their filtration system. Compared to outdoors, though, it wasn't nearly as bad.
It seems that the bonfire smell and cloudy air change almost hourly, depending on which way the wind blows. My co-worker just said the Santa Anas are due back this weekend, which is not good news on a number of fronts. We're out of town, attending a wedding in Boston and it would be nice to not be worried about this place while we take in museums, spend time with family, do a little shopping and maybe more than a little drinking. By the way, cheers to the Red Sox.
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The sky was lovely this morning.
The sunrise was incredible - i had to take a pic with my camera phone (pic on my blog) after my run. It was my first run since the fires - I think every other runner in my neighborhood was out in full force this morning.
I can't even imagine what you all have been going through. So glad things seem to be improving, and hope they hold while you are away. Enjoy Boston and the change of pace.
I sure hope you're putting your birthday present from last year to good use during all these fires. It used to save my rear-end during fire season when I lived in Ojai.
enjoy your time away. i'm sure it will do you some good and you certainly deserve some time to think about anything else.
and i am serious about the persimmons, if you're still craving 'em.
I hope you can relax and enjoy the wonders of Boston without worrying about the home front. I'm glad that things are settling down there and hope it stays that way!
Glad things are somewhat getting to normalcy and you can clean up...and yes I hope NO more fires, dang it!!
Enjoy ur trip! & leave the pink mask at home :-) hmmm u may want it on the plane though, ahhh just take some airborne instead-lol
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