Wildfires abound in Colorado right now. Nearest to us here at Little House in the Rockies (but not an imminent threat) is the Weston Pass fire southwest of FairPlay. It’s about 25 miles away, as the crow flies. We can see and smell the smoke. The photo below is waaay zoomed in, taken last night at sunset by The Girl Who is Always Hungry.
There are fewer birds at our feeders than usual, and I keep seeing them look in the direction of the fire, as though they are planning when to evacuate. They’re probably better predictors of what’s going to happen than any of their human counterparts. A haiku for them:
birds on the lookout –
do they know? where’ll they go?
they’re my bellwethers
This is the view from the back porch this morning, zooming in on the mountain range.
This is how it normally looks, in a photo from late May.
This is a vacation spot for us, and like the birds, we are free to leave at any time. Not so for the full-time residents all over Colorado who are watching multiple fires spread quickly in this hot, dry summer and worrying about their homes, land, pets, livestock and livelihoods. We pray for rain.
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We were visiting in June and couldn’t believe not a drop of rain for eight days. Sending rain vibes your way!
Thanks, JoAnn. Where were you in June?
We are even having moorland fires in the U.K. this summer – I can’t remember that happening before.
This globe is WARMING!
And our leaders fiddle while Rome burns … quite an appropriate metaphor for the times.
Indeed.
I hope you are safe, and neither the birds nor you will need to evacuate!