Fire
Postcard from Julie
I have dozens hundreds of postcards waiting to be scanned for The Postcard Project. I can’t believe I’ve neglected it like this. Every time a postcard comes in the mail, Bleu gets excited. The fact that I haven’t scanned and posted your cards in no way diminishes his joy. Thank you to everyone who has sent in a card [especially Julie, a repeat offender!]. I will try to get caught up once school is out. This postcard came in the mail yesterday. Perfect timing!
Michelle mentioned wildfires in a comment and at the time I hadn’t heard anything. It turns out there is a fire. It has burned over 5,000 acres in the mountains near Ruidoso. Maybe that’s why our sky has been so hazy lately? We took a ride that way on Sunday and saw the activity. The Mescalaro Community Center had large white tents set up as the headquarters and lots of smaller tents dotted the grounds. They were even selling Tularosa Canyon Fire t-shirts at the gate!
Video on flickr: Hazy Sunset
3 Comments, Comment or Ping
Julie
I am so glad Bleu still enjoys them.
I’ve been watching the news about the fire, it makes me so sad. We were just there a couple of weeks ago and I was thrilled to see all the trees.
May 6th, 2008
michelle/weaker vessel
Forest fire t-shirts? Only in NM!
I had heard the tail end of a report about a big forest fire on NPR the other day, and when the reported signed off, he said he was in “Las Cruces, New Mexico,” and I gasped so loudly that my kids got all panicked! I’m glad all of our LC peeps are safe, but sad, of course, to see the beautiful forest get damaged like this.
Thanks for the update!
May 6th, 2008
cbm
More postcards, coming right up! I thought he might have passed out of that phase of interest at some point, but if they still bring excitement…it will be a great collection/childhood memory for him someday, Kristy—yet another example of your creative and long-range good parenting
May 6th, 2008
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