We had a pretty miserable day stuck inside stifling. Still we appear in no immediate danger. Probably we are in fact 50% safer than yesterday; but the authorities seem most authoritative when they say they can’t predict anything and everybody should stay vigilant.
OK.
Our big outing for the day was going to wash off the cars. The soot and ash looked so bad that to my eye it threatened the paint. So we drove over to one of those wash your car your-self places, put in our quarters and washed down both cars. Carol’s is now back in the garage. We had it out of the garage in the first place because we were not sure, if the power went out, if we could get the car out. We think we have figured out that problem.
Car windshield. Outside view.
Here's a pretty recent article.
And short updates on Twitter.
We appear to not be in danger unless the wind drastically changes. The air quality is terrible and we keep losing power. Because we can't really spend much time outside, I decided to try to do a lot of cleaning. Worked okay for today. Thanks for your thoughts Jenny Lind. Hope you all had a good 4th of July. We had fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and regular macaroni salad, along with a lovely green salad made by Nicholas.
I love this photograph of Carol! You can so tell she's a dancer.