New blog and Upper Peninsula News

I needed a new blog to better reflect where I am and what I'm doing.  My old blog was more Knitting than anything and that was great, but I really do so much more than knit.  So, I put the "K" in the name to pay homage to my old blog and the knitting that I am constantly doing.  My hope is that this blog will be updated more often than the old one, too.
So..... here goes.

Yesterday, we drove a short distance to see the forest fire that was eating up some of our northern beauty.  About 700 acres were reported to be on fire.  I can only think of all the oxygen makers that have been destroyed, and all the precious young wildlife that perished.  This fire and another about 25 miles away from this one were apparently started by lightening.  It is very early in the summer season for it to be dry enough for forest fires.  We are praying for rain...without lightening, please.

We were late getting these pics, they had extinquished most of the fire already.

That is not clouds at the top of the trees, it's white smoke and that haze behind it is more smoke.  This pic was taken from about 10 miles from the fire....on the end of the road we where we live.

I have a cheapy camera, so this is the best I could do from the distance this was taken.  All the roads and trails into the forest refuge were closed for good reason and this is as close as we could get.  And we wouldn't have wanted to get closer and be in the way of the courageous people who fight these fires.  This is the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  It is a wonderful place and we visit frequently.

This brave fellow spent the afternoon and evening scooping water out of the lake where we live.  It is a sight to see.  It must take nerves of steel to do this:

It was an engaging  sight, to say the least.  Thankfully, every pass that he made was successful.

I'm including a view from our front yard toward the lake.  It was taken just last week when all our  apple trees were in full bloom.  The plane was dipping water right out in the middle of our end of the lake....right in front of us.

More later

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