This summer we had a fire that was just a little too close for comfort. I've seen plenty of fires in my lifetime living here in California, but usually what I'm seeing is the smoke and ash as it travels from other locations and blankets the Salad Bowl ( Read more... )

It's been a surprisingly busy week! That kind of started on Tuesday. (I'm completely blanking on Monday. Apparently Monday didn't happen ( Read more... )

So it smelled particularly smokey today, though the sky hasn't changed much. It's been really hazy for the past week or so with the smoke mixing in with the fog. And just hanging in the air there ( Read more... )

Screw the LJ zombie apocalypse.
( The sky here looks pretty damn apocalyptic for reals. )