All during work yesterday, I could smell a wood-burning stove. Since you don't find many wood-burning stoves in a barn, I thought it was unusual. The smell turned out to be smoke from a forest fire a state away. Smoke must have blown in w/ those cold fronts I talked about yesterday. The fire is in a wilderness area and the forest service is mostly just keeping it away from habitation. Wouldn't you know it! The book I'm reading at the moment is "Fire Season" - the true-life ramblings of a fire spotter in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness. He talks about the change in the Forest Service's policy of "no fires under any situation" in the '20's to the current "let natural fires run their course." I picked the book up because when I was in high school, we were given aptitude tests to see what jobs we were best suited for. I placed high for Fire Watcher. Still wonder if the test thought I was an introvert, a pyro at heart, very good at smelling smoke, or maybe all three?Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Smoky Sunrise
All during work yesterday, I could smell a wood-burning stove. Since you don't find many wood-burning stoves in a barn, I thought it was unusual. The smell turned out to be smoke from a forest fire a state away. Smoke must have blown in w/ those cold fronts I talked about yesterday. The fire is in a wilderness area and the forest service is mostly just keeping it away from habitation. Wouldn't you know it! The book I'm reading at the moment is "Fire Season" - the true-life ramblings of a fire spotter in New Mexico's Gila Wilderness. He talks about the change in the Forest Service's policy of "no fires under any situation" in the '20's to the current "let natural fires run their course." I picked the book up because when I was in high school, we were given aptitude tests to see what jobs we were best suited for. I placed high for Fire Watcher. Still wonder if the test thought I was an introvert, a pyro at heart, very good at smelling smoke, or maybe all three?
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As I read your blog, I have a Slatkin & Co candle, 'Fireside' burning and it smells wonderful!
Rebecca
I've just returned from visiting 6-7 national parks and saw the results of fires after 2,5 and 10 years ago. In the Grand Canyan, they are taking care of brush and logs, because of the buildings near by. What beautiful country we live in. (I was happy to see green again).
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