Fire Pit

 Hubby bought our family a new fire pit for Christmas... in fact, it was pretty funny because it was hidden in our trailer because it was a surprise to me too.  Hubby opened up the trailer and unloaded it... and loaded up our old fire place/pit.  It caused QUITE a racket.

I immediately thought that I hoped Hubby didn't wake up the kids... the neighbors immediately texted me and asked if we were okay -- they were afraid someone was breaking into our house.  LOL.

I texted back that it must be Santa -- "out on the lawn there arose such a clatter".

All that to say, a few nights ago, we tried the fire pit for the first time.  It works... sort of.  We never needed lighter fluid with the old fire place.  Hopefully the problem was the wood and next time the fire will take off a little better.

Hubby and Howard went out to light the fire, and then came back inside for a few minutes.  Then five or so minutes later, Hubby asked Howard how the fire was doing, and Howard looked out the window and said, "Its gone!"

Half a bottle of lighter fluid, and some very impressed children later, the kids were able to roast marshmallows.

For your info -- we highly recommend the marshmallows with a Hershey's kiss inside.  All the taste of a s'more with MUCH less mess!!!

Smoke

This is fire season here on the Western Slope which means we don't have clouds, we have smoke.

Yesterday, by he evening, the entire outside smelled like a campfire.

This is a picture I snapped of Howard in our front yard in Spring 2018... and this is a cloudy day.  You can see the mesa very clearly... usually our skies are pure blue.

This is a picture I took at sunset last night -- you cannot even see the Mesa and that haze is not fog or clouds, it is all smoke from the Pine Gulch Fire currently burning over 25,000 acres.

Please pray for rain and for the 500 fire fighters working to contain the blaze.

This is just one of many fires burning throughout the west right now.