The earth has been scorched over thousands of acres, the heat and the winds continue and the fires have complete control wherever they go.
We wake up to mostly diffused sunlight -- today was fairly clear -- and hopefully, that is a good sign.
It looks as though an air force dropping retardant is needed at all times now. I'm not sure if the retardant is washable from the surfaces of the structures that it saves but it probably is or at least can easily be painted over . . .
Aside from the real fire dangers here, it is just plain uncomfortable -- last night the temperature stayed relatively warm throughout the night and so sleeping was sporadic -- again. And apparently, we haven't even gotten into the "fire season" yet.
One of my activities this week has involved the process of gathering all the folks from the tree into manageable units to be able to display them in charts like the above. It is a time-consuming activity and can only be done piece-meal.
One thing for sure about this hobby is that it is "never going to be completed". There are always things that need to be done or fixed or corrected or explained. But that is the beauty of this activity.
Some of our other activities DO have completions, like our book reading and our puzzle working.
But they too offer us their own form of "payback".
Linked closely to the genealogical activity is the DNA activity. While we have our DNA tested by four different companies and continually receive "matches" from those tests, we have not participated in the other very exciting aspect of DNA tests -- and that is -- making identifications.
To me, it is a wonderful use of this fairly new technological advance, i.e. the catching of decades-old criminals who probably thought that they had no chance of being caught. This week CeCe Moore aided in catching yet another cold case killer and has said that these cases are "only the beginning" of many cases already in the pipeline to be solved. We anxiously await the news . . .
If you are looking for something to do this weekend -- may be a drive along one of the world's longest garage sales will satisfy your quest for adventure and/or "stuff".
This event originated 19 years ago set into action by Linda Hiles and her husband, Frank -- I still do not know if we are related, but that doesn't matter. The "yard sale" goes on for some 160 miles or so and I can only imagine what it is like to drive that route. Who isn't tempted to stop when seeing a variety of items set up for sale at potentially below bargain prices . . .
We did manage to watch a bit of the two NFL pre-season games for the teams in our area. Both games seemed chaotic, as can be expected for first of the pre-season games. But both games had an element that ruined watching even chaotic play and that was the behavior displayed by some players during the national anthem.
Something needs to happen e.g. just not showing OR mentioning any of this activity during the TV broadcast. But once the image of this activity is shown it ruins the spirit of the game for me.
If it continues -- we'll just stop watching any NFL games this season and buy more jig-saw puzzles to occupy our time. We might just do that anyway.
The NFL may just go the way of pro boxing and pro wrestling in our home -- not ever watched. I remember in the early days of TV, boxing and wrestling were very big attractions, but not anymore.
I suppose that it is too much to hope for that "our town" is as just as "down-to-earth" as the above depiction. I like to think in terms of the above but recognize that it just represents a dream of sorts.
Our town is a small town -- but ever growing and changing. Why, we even have a functioning "roundabout" today (almost completed after a couple of years . . .) that change from a five-way stop is so much better, even from the first day of driving through the construction zones. And to think that in our town there were so many "doubters" . . .
Well, that is a bit of our week. See you all "in a few"! 👨👩
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