Square Dog Friday. Winston and the Big Horn Fire.

Well, it is Friday and the Big Horn Fire is still here !

We are under a pre-evacuation. That means pack up and be ready to leave !

Thursday, Daughter and Son packed paintings, photos, artwork a few
books, overnight bag,  gud dugs and kitties supplies.
Hope we don't have to evacuate but we are as ready as we can be.

Daughter has already taken two loads to her house. She will be back today
to help with the, computers and the of course the Gud Dugs and Kitties.

I have already lost a home to a wildfire I hope this one can be saved.

Too much smoke

 Wednesday evening the fire crested  over the mountain top .

Wednesday fire sunset.

Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

 Look to the left to see the plane after the drop.

The fire burned 7092 acres as of this morning, only 10% contained. 

To hot at 107+ today, no rain, to much wind and very rocky so impossible to send 

the Hot Shot Crews.

Now for STUPID people, stop flying drones over the fire. The planes have to be grounded.

Part of the mountain that is burning is to the left on my drawing.

If the fire wasn't bad enough. . .
We just found out  Winston will need to have his leg rebuilt, then 5 to 7
weeks of recovery. Yea Me ! Poor Winston.

 iwinston be makin' a nice pillow from toy iwinston smart

 miss pretty know how to play with a toy not pillow.

hello it's miss prettypretty as nice tall person calls missagatha

Not sure when I will be able to post again but I will be checking in.

Stay safe and be well.

cheers,  parsnip

Afraid the plauge of loscust.comes next

Friday night  we had lighting/rain  storms. To the 

north west of me lots of lighting strikes.

Saturday afternoon I saw this.

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Saturday night KOLD News. Fire started at 200 acres

by Saturday it blew up to 1000, 1500, 1700. Rough

rocky terrain with  cactus and scrub brush.

All of the next photos are from KOLD NEWS  reports.

 See the two jagged peaks on the left, I am on the other side.

 They are starting a fire line to protect  people and homes.

 Waves of fire like waves of ocean.

From Saturday Newscast.

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 When my brother was young he would have jumped  in with a team but with terian like this no place to land. You try to contain and hope for no WIND ! You call in the water dropping Hueys and 

retardant drop Planes. 

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 Now for your start of the week pretty.

 Fuzzy shot  he only sleeps like this at night.

Pretty pretty.

 We moved the armadillo and iwinston barked like crazy like it.

 Of course Agatha had to help !

Bad bad Armadillo !

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Stay safe and smile today.

cheers, parsnip

Square Dog Friday, lots of not so good news

You have seen iwinston's leg before

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iwinston leg is no gud it's beein'bad bad bad 

oh woe is me 

As it stands today, one of his leg bone has grown but the other has not.
He has folded his ankle over and is walking on his knuckles

 We are waiting for the results of iwinston's CT Scans
It was really rough on him. It took him two days to recover.
When I talked to the assistant about Winston how much of a tank he is
just running his way over any problem. She laughed and said that
these tough as nails gud dugs sometimes have a longer recovery time
from the anesthetic. That is so Winston.

 

Pretty pretty princess
We adore her.

 iwinston is needing cuddles and naps not feelin' so happy

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 Yes ! it is that time again ! You say summer we say wildfire season.
We have 10 active wildfires in Arizona at this time.

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I live right by the Loews so one fire was about a hour from me.
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The fire on Mt. Lemon

Several wildfires in Arizona all burning at the same time.

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As always here is your pretty or funny for the start of the weekend.

Some smiles for today.

Be safe, be strong and be well.
cheers,  parsnip

Birthday !

Today, 1 June is my Mother's Birthday.

Son and Daughter came with me to wish her a Happy Birthday.

I know she is not there but I like to talk to her.  The tree by her gave has grown 

so big and has shade, with lots of wildlife that comes to visit.

Daughter comes over twice a week and we sit and draw before it gets so hot.

I haven't drawn except for the Christmas Cards, for years so this is very
lovely for me.

 Catalina Mountains from my backyard,

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 PaloVerde Tree from my kitchen window in full bloom.

Agatha was napping in the pillow and iwinston just cuddled in.

Reminds me of thehamish who always found Watson and would cuddle in. 

Watson was thehamish's touchstone. He adored him. Watson was a old soul.

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Here is your pretty to start the week.

Stay safe and be well.

cheers,  parsnip