#175 - Don't Like Smoke & Fires

Worries in the West

Just over a week ago, Don and I enjoyed a long and safe visit with our kids in California and Oregon.

Now we study the TV and text the kids for updates. More than 3 million acres have burned in California. Wildfires are destroying hundreds of homes in Oregon. The house that our daughter and husband just bought, is very near one of the worst fires.

Smoke

I study the air quality on the weather app.

The air got worse in both places after I took these screen shots. "Hazardous" air in both places. On the news, they said Portland had the worst air quality in the entire world.

Calm...

I spend a lot of time worrying over things I can't fix. These fires are out of control... which means they are totally out of my control.

I feel like we're back in March, finding ways to calm nerves and be positive. Don and I took coffee up to the porch. We haven't done that in a while.

I was not happy to see the Prayer Flags, hanging by a thread. I put them up months ago. I know the fading and weathering is supposed to be a positive thing. But if they fly away, I'm going to have to get worried about what that means!