I awoke this morning a bit before the sun crested up over Strawberry Hills.  Flipped on the tv and waited for the sun to join me to start the new day.

When the sun peaked over the mountain, the light that cascaded into the living room was an a beautiful warm golden glow.  A surreal warm golden glow…

It has arrived – currently there are a frighteningly large number of forest fires burning in British Columbia, as there are in many of the western provinces and states.  The smoke from those fires is now spreading across the province, and is so thick that it is filtering the sun.  Vancouver got hit with the smoke yesterday, today it has made it here.

The smoke is heavy enough to cause respiratory difficulties for those who have underlying issues, and is just not conducive to  outside activities.  Hopefully the prevailing winds will shift to blow the smoke away before too long, but so strong as to fan the flames.

As I look at the smoke from the safety of my home, my thoughts go to the young men and women on the ground, and the flight crews who are working thru this smoke to protect homes and businesses from these major wildfires.  May you all get home to your loved ones safe and sound, thank you for your service to all of us.