A Tribute to the Fire Fighters

My sister's nephew is a fire fighter for the forest service.  He sent his dad these pictures of a day at work and his dad forwarded them along to my sis.  I think she said these were taken over Idaho. His dad says he has done 16 such rappels. 

Such courage!  A tip of the hat to these brave men and women who lay it all on the line to protect our beautiful country.

May they stay safe. 


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The right place at the right time...

We've had a lot of snow in these here parts. I have some pictures from around our place, but I think The Shepherd took the camera to town with him so those will have to wait.

I have something even better - My co-worker's friend Jeff lives in a cabin on the side of Alger Mountain about 30 miles south of Bellingham - he looked out his front window yesterday and this was what he saw -

Terry asked him if he had a carrot dangling in his window - Nope, they just were standing there looking in - (we figure they were wondering how they could get in by that nice warm fire -)

Thanks, Jeff, for letting me share your beautiful pictures.