Deborah Woehr

I hope everyone had a wonderful Fourth of July. Mine was spent back East, with my husband’s relatives. We left Friday, June 27 and came back late last night. I wasn’t sure what we were going to come home to, due to all of the fires we’ve been having. This shot was taken from my backyard, two weeks before we left.

The air wasn’t much better when we left that Friday morning. In the sky, we saw the smoke trailing all the way into Nevada. Then, when we were in Philadelphia, my mother-in-law announced that 1,400 wildfires were blazing up and down the state. That wasn’t big news back there, so we heard snippets here and there.

Thankfully, our home was still standing when we got home. We welcomed the cool night (and smoke-free) air when we got off the plane. It was so refreshing after dealing with the heat and humidity all week. We all had a great time. I’ll write more about my trip later, when I’m more coherent.