The valley bottom is thick with smoke. Plenty of fires burning. So far nothing threatening. Just a lot of smoke making it hard to breath for people with lung issues. Plenty of people walking around with masks.
Jimmy says he has to smoke a cigarette just to get some fresh air.
The Resort is busy, as is the valley, on the long weekend. I am on my fourteenth straight day and it will keep up for awhile.
We have been furnishing a house to be made into a BNB. Our job is to put together furniture made in China. It is amazing stuff. You start off with flat box with panels and a freezer bag of assorted hardware. When you open it up and take everything out all you can think is, FUCKKK! But somehow it all goes together. None of it is high quality. The wood is manufactured from sawdust and glue. The veneer has been printed on an inkjet printer and the vinyl fixed to the ‘wood’. It all fits in a flat box that can be stacked miles high in a shipping container. That’s some crafty engineering.
The garden is out in full force. The smoky air acts as a flat filter giving the same light to the bottom of the leaves as the top. It is like the plants are in a green house.
The youngsters at work, from the UK and Ontario, have their belongings in their vehicles just in case they have to make a run for it. They haven’t seen anything like this. I tell them, it is good to be prepared but not to panic. I don’t say it, but it can get a lot worse.
The Albertan tourists and second home owners keep flocking in like nothing is wrong. They bitch that the pool isn’t crystal clear, like they haven’t noticed burnt ash has been falling on it nightly.
It will keep up for awhile like it always does. August has become a bitch.
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Jim R
Tell Lisa I am impressed with her photos. The haze and smoke are kind of depressing for me. Ours was not nearly as bad as yours.
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underswansea
Lisa is a great photographer, especially portraits of people. She can connect with everybody. She went out after I was in bed and took these photos.
The smoke can be very depressing. This year is not the worst I can remember. That could change because we have a hot month to get through. Take care.
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mountaincoward
The photos are great – and you certainly get lovely shots of the moon with those huge fires. But it would worry me sick and I’d have to wear a mast. Jimmy’s comment is hilarious!
I can’t understand the Albertan tourists – they must be nuts. Rather than travel to the area, I’d definitely stay home if there were fires like that burning and smoke everywhere.
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underswansea
Nobody understands the Alberta tourists. They have money to spend and they will be damned and determined to do so, in this area, that they call, ‘Their backyard’.
The kids we have working from the UK are shaken up by the smoke, heat and flames that show at night.
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mountaincoward
we get the odd moorland fire but nothing much here so they’re not used to seeing fires on such a scale and for so long.
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Julie@frogpondfarm
August doesn’t sound great! I can’t imagine wanting to go to a place with fires .. Lisa sure up is a great photographer! 14 days straight …you need a break!
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underswansea
It hasn’t been good. Lisa is an awesome photographer, especially her portrait photography, because she can connect with everyone she meets. I am on day 26 now and yeas I need a break. Take care. Are you home?
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Julie@frogpondfarm
Yes we’re home … you sure do need a break!
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