Must stay flexible....

We were supposed to have our new screen door today. Apparently it won't be in until Wednesday.... Thursday at the latest. Okay, I'm a tree, I can bend. I'm glad I'm not a chicken, when they get upset they pick at each others feathers, ouch.

We had our first BIG FIRE last week, the ones up until then, caused by the lightening... not considered BIG. Luckily we had firefighters still here from the "not big fires" and they handled the BIG FIRE quite well. My son and I were out pulling weeds as a Cal fire truck roared by. We looked up and he asked, "I wonder where they are ..." when we saw where they were ... Just over the top of our neighbors house was an enormous plume of gray and brown smoke. Then the local volunteers with their Structure Fire Engine flew by. We knew it was a house. About 6 more Cal fire engines, but we heard the distant sirens and we knew it was bad, very bad. My daughter called her friend, who's house was even closer, and left a message that she and her family and pets had a place to come if they needed. Then we got called by friends offering us the same kindness. That was when I became worried. I called my husband and said he should come home if he could.

All worked out fine. The wind changed, the humidity climbed, the water bombers dropped their precious loads and more firefighters came. They came from as far away as San Diego. We attached a sign to our mailbox that said simply " THANK YOU ! " Thank you to the firefighters, the local contractors who rushed in with their water tankers, thank you to our neighbors, to Mother Nature and mostly Thank You, God. We are safe, we are well and only the first house was lost. A firefighter was badly injured when he was hit by a fleeing resident, but is expected to recover.

So my chickens are picking, no screen door, but, I have my family, my friends, my house and my pets (including a dog who has ear mites again). What should you do in such a situation? That's right, see a movie. "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". See it, not just for the wonderful actors or the colorful location, but because it is a good story told well.

And stay flexible, peace and love to you all...