For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! It is still morning here anyway, though it’s nearly gone. It’s a nice sunny and very windy day once again, but perhaps not quite so windy as yesterday. This strong wind is not a good thing right now, there are a lot of forest fires burning in this part of Ontario. The small one close to us has been declared out now, but there is one near another community that has forced 4,100 people to be evacuated right away. There is only one highway out of that town and the fire is right alongside of it right now. The fire started yesterday and was spotted in the afternoon at 12 acres in size, by evening it was nearly 1,000 acres in size and growing fast. Strong wind and forest fires do not go together well.
It is very dry in the forest right now, fires start very easily. And a large percentage of our forest fires are caused by careless people. Those are fires that could be prevented. We have a beautiful area here, we really don’t want it going up in smoke. The blackened landscape after a fire is not a beautiful sight. One time we had a forest fire heading to our town, it was started by a campfire on a windy day like this and in one week that campfire grew to 100,000 acres. Carelessness can do a lot of damage sometimes. So much for today’s rant, sorry about that. It is a beautiful summer day, hopefully I can get out for a walk later. Maybe tomorrow I will remember to tell about my Sunday night visitor. Strange things happen sometimes.
For photos today, both are views of our beautiful lake on a summer morning a couple weeks ago. I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
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That’s not allowed! I didn’t that once.
“not a real comment”π€£π€£π€£
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Bad English, you lose.πππ₯
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Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!πππππππππππ
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Hey, hey, hey!!!ππββοΈ
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No!π£π£π£ bye bye bye!!!
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You going somewhere? Shopping? Vacation? Walking?πππ
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Nooooo!!! I’m not going nowhere.π¨π¨π¨π¨π¨π¨π¨ππππππ
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Oh, bad English again, that should be “I’m not going anywhere”.
But that’s good to know.πππ
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I knew that. I did it just to see your reaction.
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I knew that.
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πright
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Thank you.
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lol. actually i really dont care. i just thought it would be funny to throw a wrench into the mix after reading all the comments about being “first” :):)
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π π€£you’re funny!
But hey! Welcome to the team of competition!π Glad to have you on the team.
Good luck on beating me.ππ
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thanks, but i’ll just watch from the sidelines. i like to watch….lol
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πyes!!! I was hoping you would say that!!!πππ€£π€£
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***did not didn’tπ
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Hey Buddy! Nice to see a new face in first place!ππΊππ₯
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lol.
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Forest fires, yikes!!!!
Cool pics!
I am officially first… I hope!
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I gave you official second place.
Thanks.π
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Forest fires can be deadly…and so are tornadoes ! Like the one we had on Friday in Manitoba ! …loved the pics Steve ! βοΈβοΈπ¨π’βΌοΈ
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Yep, that is so true.
Thanks so much Sharon!ππΊπ
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Yes! One needs to be exceptionally careful not to start a fire you aren’t able to control! Stay safe and healthy!π€
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Yep, so true. I’m surprised they haven’t banned open fires yet.
Trying to for sure, have a great evening Dusty!ππΊπ
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Will do Steve! Abiut ready to hit the hay!ππ€ That’s cowboy speak for going to bed!π You knew that didn’t you!π
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How odd, I didn’t think they used hay in mattresses anymore?π€π
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Well… I am older ya know!π€π€π€ Good Night!
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Good night Dusty!ππ΄
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Best wishes to the world .God help us be aware of what we as humans think and do …
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Yes indeed! Have a great day!
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Forest fires! Yikes, take care you two.
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Thanks Sheree! Have a great day!ππΊπ
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Fires get quite bad in the West. In summer 2018, the sky was so dark and smokey….it seemed surreal. Hopefully your sky calms down and itβs less blackened tomorrow. Fires can be scary, especially when they are uncontrollable.
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We have been quite fortunate the last few years with few fires and most were in the far north. Even this year hasn’t been that bad, though worse than last year. I’m surprised they haven’t banned open fires yet, it’s so terribly dry now it doesn’t take much to get a fire started.
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I hope they get the fires under control, and that looks like a beautiful lake…
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Yes, the lake is amazingly beautiful.
It will likely take a while to get that one fire under control, especially if this strong wind continues.
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Prayers for rain
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They are needed, thanks Cathy.
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Sorry to hear about the fires! Stay safe!
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Yes, it is incredibly dry out there now. Thanks, have a nice evening Renee!
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I hope the forest will remain intact! Thanks! Hope you had a great one! πΊ
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Sure did!
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Seems like thereβs a lot more careless people out there…
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Yep, that’s for sure!
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Sorry to hear the strange things happening there by carelessness π€!!
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People often don’t realize how quickly things can get out of control so they don’t do things properly, like putting out a campfire.π
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Hope to hear the fire is under control and animals are safe !! Take care and stay safe !! π
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It’s not under control yet and today will likely be a bad day for that fire with this wind.π
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Nature is suffering from this fire very much. Let’s hope it subsides soon !! π
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Yes indeed, it will likely take some good rain to stop it now.
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Sure it will happen and stop the fire Steve !! Take care !! π€
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There are thunderstorms coming tonight,π that might help if they hit the area where that fire is located.π
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The rain will sooth the earth Steve !! π
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We missed the rain last night, perhaps later today we will get some.ππΊβπ§
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Oh that’s great to hear
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We’re getting some rain now, a slower rain that soaks in better than through thunderstorms.ππΈπ§π§
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Yea ofcourse lots of advantages than the thunderstorms !! Now you don’t have to worry about the fire π It’s also nice to have a cool atmosphere!! ππΈ
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Well, we got a lot of rain, so that should slow down any forest fire problems. And it certainly is cool!π³ππΉ
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Great
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My god, forest fire π₯ it’s very scary, and a step in our mankind evolution, but also a sign of π€ somebody was really careless and they are killing this earth π³. Hope the last fire is taken care of . Hope animals are not injured.π Take care Steve β¨π€
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Unfortunately many animals will die in a fire that size. Yes, too much carelessness around and people don’t seem to realize how dangerous open fires are when it is so dry in the forest. Still safe around here though, but that can change quickly.π³π³π²ππ₯
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Stay safe Steve β¨ It’s sad to lose animals for human’s mistakes. hope you had a wonderful day π
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It was a fantastic day! Almost. At least he weather was. And I was until…π¬π
Hope you have a great day Simon!ππΈ
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And… you were….. π€okay… I’m not thinking.. Thank you Steve, you are still not to bed π Have a peaceful night Steve β¨π€
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Yep, on my way to bed, pounding head and all. Thanks, I hope it is!π³π€π΄
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Did you hit your head π€ hope you didn’t. Sleep safely π
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Well, not exactly, just sort of, kind of. I’m off to bed for sure this time. Good night Simon!πππ΄
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That proved… you definitely did something π. Take care Steve… hope it’s not that bad π€π€ Sleep well..
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Forest fires are scary and usually due to human carelessness. I hope the forest fire near you is snuffed out quickly. Take care and make sure to have an evacuation plan in place. π¬π₯πβοΈβοΈ
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We’re okay here right now, no fires real close to us, though that could change. There are thunderstorms coming tomorrow which will bring some rain, but also lightning which can start more fires unfortunately.π³π³π₯ππ
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