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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Don't you just love it when they proudly bring their prize home to you? I used to have a cat that would bring me rats, alive!
Gads, I still worry! No matter what you say! It's in residential neighborhoods looks like on TV... where I wouldn't think there'd be enough fuel either. I know you've got it pretty well cut and burned for underbrush, but you've still got enough of your little trees in the yard and pasture don't ya?
Actually, I was kidding about the buffalo, we finally discovered what was causing all of my stomach problems, after 15 years of stomach distress. It was gluten and anything with gluten in it kills me. I cut any food containing gluten out of my diet and I feel 99 percent better, I kid you not. I miss the breads and donuts and biscuits and all those yummy baked goods but I sure as heck don't miss being sick and gassy all the time. A piece of cake ain't worth being in the bathroom for hours. It's been like a miracle.
That stuff calms me. Meat,esp beef will keep me up all night though.
Yeah we have little trees, but there's nothing to get the fire to them. There is just such a small amount of leaves out there, if any, it would burn out so quick the trees wouldn't catch. All the land at the back and one side of us could burn, but on the other two sides we have road. We're in a very safe position.
Becky
Just heard an update from a local station and according to what they are saying the wind is blowing the fire away from us.
Becky
BTW... I just went outside and it's dead calm so our wind is over, or the hills are blocking us. We happen to be in the shadow of local hills that are on the typical windward side, and it's often just enough to make the worst of it go around.
Duchess, have you still got rain?
I feel like the whole country is in some kind of heightened weather alert.
Well, I'm relieved that you don't feel threatened. I wouldn't think 2J's neighborhood would be either. I just saw people leading a horse out with what looked like a t-shirt around it's neck for a lead. They had lots of tall grass and weeds around the back side of their barn... baaaad barnkeeping.
I don't know if Grizzly was all that proud of this thing, the way he dropped it. I really think it was still alive and playing possum. I was afraid to poke it to much, I've seen them "wakeup" and jump and hiss. The dogs were all making a wide circle around it.
But yeah, my cat worries me about bringing stuff to me. I'm always afraid he's going to carry a dead mouse into my bed at night while I'm asleep and I'll roll over on it, or worse it will be on my pillow, ugh:)
Becky
No, I wouldn't think 2J would be in any danger.
Hgwy 75, were Beeline is is probably 10 miles or so west of us and then some miles north.
I'm glad your winds have died down. That would worry me more then my fires:)
Becky
If it's not one thing it's another!
It was dark when we got home tonight so we closed the gates to both pastures till we can check the fenceline in daylight anyway.
Well, I think I'll sign off for the night. Time for bed:)
Becky
OK - I lost my opportunity to hit the couch, ecurbh is sprawled on it and snoring already. Gots to move him to bed :~D
T'weren't me snoring... 'twas Homer. ;~D
I just heard that there is another one out of control in the Dallas area. Even if the fire doesn't make it, it has to be really hard on animals that have heavy smoke passing thur.
lol
I'm really glad your wind is gone - the pictures you posted show those trees just dwarfing your house.
I sure love them in summer but they sure look tall in winter storms :~D
Ah - so you're going back to the snow you loved so much last winter :~D
This is a good place in insert - Have I told you I hate winter? :)
I don't think you've said that since last winter :~D
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