It was such a blustery evening that prevented my usual evening of outside knitting. There were fires in the hills above Spokane and it was even smokey at my place quite a ways away. There had been gusts up to 40 mph making it very hard to put out the fires. There is a field across the street from my house, but luckily they had cut the grass and baled it recently. Sahale sat outside for a while and the wind was blowing her ears back.



It made me think about what to grab if I was forced to evacuate. Of course, the dogs would be first into the car. We have a box of important documents (and copies of all pictures I have taken on cds) that should be taken as well. Other than that, everything can be easily replaced if needed. I am sure that I could find other things to toss in, but as long as the beasts are safe I would be happy. It made me feel a bit happy to realize that as long my loved ones are safe, life could go on even if I didn't have my material possessions.