Some Background
About 2 months ago a fire broke out about 30 km from our place . It was out of control for many weeks and it gave birth to many other fires in different locations nearby. We lived in smoky conditions and at one point we loaded our car in prep for evacuation, but finished unloading it again as the fire settled. A couple of times we had hot windy days and the sky was filled with smoke haze. IN fact for the last 7-8 weeks heavy smoke haze has been present on most days
Bruce worked like a true hero, clearing leaves, felling trees, reducing the fuel load around the house. I designed a sprinkler system to surround the house, and we primed our header tank with water just in case.
Friday November 8th
Woke up bright and early. The sunlight that always shone through our window waking me when it rose was not its usual bright yellow, but a shade of pink.
There was such a lot of bird activity at the water bowls on the rail of our deck. Sitting up in bed, I was watching the birds with my binoculars though the window. It was a great delight to start my mornings seeing the parade that came daily. Friday however was different. The number of birds was way more than usual, and they were all extremely active. I even took some video as it was so unusual.
My friend Zanee called and we had a lovely chat, with me telling her about our amazing and beautiful new home. Once I got up, and went outside it was clear that it was going to be a risky day. Wind started to pick up, smoke started to cover the sky.
We decided to pack the car to go, but really in my mind ,I didn't really believe that it would be necessary to go, but we loaded some stuff into the car.
As the day progressed, we worked on setting up the sprinklers we had on hand ( that morning Rod from the pump shop called to say that the suppliers had sent the wrong sprinklers, but I told him at this point t it was moot, the fire being so close) .
The day progressed - some pics below.
More to come...
About 2 months ago a fire broke out about 30 km from our place . It was out of control for many weeks and it gave birth to many other fires in different locations nearby. We lived in smoky conditions and at one point we loaded our car in prep for evacuation, but finished unloading it again as the fire settled. A couple of times we had hot windy days and the sky was filled with smoke haze. IN fact for the last 7-8 weeks heavy smoke haze has been present on most days
Bruce worked like a true hero, clearing leaves, felling trees, reducing the fuel load around the house. I designed a sprinkler system to surround the house, and we primed our header tank with water just in case.
Friday November 8th
Woke up bright and early. The sunlight that always shone through our window waking me when it rose was not its usual bright yellow, but a shade of pink.
There was such a lot of bird activity at the water bowls on the rail of our deck. Sitting up in bed, I was watching the birds with my binoculars though the window. It was a great delight to start my mornings seeing the parade that came daily. Friday however was different. The number of birds was way more than usual, and they were all extremely active. I even took some video as it was so unusual.
My friend Zanee called and we had a lovely chat, with me telling her about our amazing and beautiful new home. Once I got up, and went outside it was clear that it was going to be a risky day. Wind started to pick up, smoke started to cover the sky.
We decided to pack the car to go, but really in my mind ,I didn't really believe that it would be necessary to go, but we loaded some stuff into the car.
As the day progressed, we worked on setting up the sprinklers we had on hand ( that morning Rod from the pump shop called to say that the suppliers had sent the wrong sprinklers, but I told him at this point t it was moot, the fire being so close) .
The day progressed - some pics below.
More to come...
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