More on fire.

Yesterday in setting up the swamp cooler we found a burned hole in the cover. One more sign of how we lucked out the night of the fire. Those who watered our roof probably put out a fire they didn't even know had started.

We heard the insurance company is holding off cleaning up the mess next door until the investigation is complete. Once in a while I can smell the ashes. 

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sblairkeller said…
A while after this post Bruce found a burnt piece of wood attached to metal on our back hill that must have flown off the barn when it crashed to the ground. He decorated it. I added Tibetan beads to it. He hung it next to the mural "Barn's Burnt Down," by Beth Hart. These are reminders how precious our lives truly are.
August 31, 2009 at 8:17 AM
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