I do the pictures of the flowers we saw on our trip to Maui to take my mind off all the fires burning in San Diego. But then I see all the smoke, and it turns out that fires are sort of hard to forget when they are burning thousands of acres and people’s houses all around where you live.
We did have a beautiful sunset last night…
Which would be nice, if it wasn’t mostly colored by all the smoke in the air…
It is one of the ironies of modern life that our nice sunsets are intensified by the very stuff we are pumping into the air that might end up destroying us. No sunset is worth seeing this…
I took that picture from my backyard. It was 100 degrees and windy when I took that picture. And so dry… and smoky… Then I looked down and noticed that I still have those sores on my feet from wearing the swim fins while I did all that snorkeling in Maui… Was it really so short a time ago that I was in a tropical paradise?
The memories of the trip are fading, even as my injuries are fading as well.
Life is a funny thing.
Pouring My Art Out 
I’ve always found it ironic that the sunsets are more beautiful when there is crap in the air. Maybe you should do some watering around your area – the stuff you’re standing on looks pretty dry too!
that only helps to a degree…
Where you live always seems exotic and warm and inviting to me. Then I get the reality check of what is happening around you and cold, grey Ontario seems OK right now.
we also get earthquakes
We’ve had a few of those. Not like yours of course. Everything’s bigger in California…or is that Texas.
we have some things that are bigger than Texas… egos… fake boobs…
We had a fear-filled summer here in Australia too.:( I hope you get nothing but near misses, and reach autumn safe and sound.
Thanks so much… you too… this is a very early start to the fire season.
The patterns are changing here as well. Our fire seasons are starting earlier and lasting longer. I guess we’re the canaries to climate change.
things are getting weird
You must be in California. The news has been saying that there are huge fires there. They even said that an air liner sploshed the area as well.
The memories are not fading, they are being consigned to another part of your memory. The memories will never go because you have the billions of photos to show you what you did there.
good point… and yes… San Diego is in California…
DO NOT LET those memories fade!! They are what keep us going. Just keep closing your eyes and picturing yourself on one of those beach chairs with your size 15 feet buried in the warm sand, watching the beauty around you. Ahhhh….
right… but I only sat in the chair long enough to take those two pictures of my ugly feet…
I know what you mean about sunsets in places where the air is polluted. New Jersey has the best sunsets I’ve ever seen.
ha…
Seriously. As I drive south from Maine, I often find myself on the Jersey Tpke, looking at stunning colors behind the oil terminals. I wish I was making this up.
Thanks for helping me make my point.
Any time. Well, this time.
never again?
Maybe. Next year.
I will remember that