It was good to get up yesterday and see the green grass of our back lawn. First time in what seems like weeks but in fact was only a week ago. It's really strange how the weather varies between the front and back lawns. The front cleared fairly quickly but sometimes we have seen it rain at the back of the house and be fine at the front.
Of course the news has been dominated by the fires of LA and last week saw me sending lots of messages out to friends over there. I managed to track down all those people we know who live in the areas affected and thankfully they were fine, if evacuated to nearby friends and family, although David and his two boys had had to go in a hostel.
Seeing the photos and watching the short film last night brought back memories of when we went to visit our friend after the last fire that took her home. It was like walking on a scene from War of the Worlds as we waded through piles of ash and bricks trying to find the weather vane her husband had once had made for her. We didn't find it. It was strange to see an area of some 250 homes reduced to twisted metal and rubble yet plant pots remained upright just were they had stood at the entrance to someone's home.
Even more strange was to see her sister's home on the street behind hers standing fully intact. How had that fire bounced its way along the Park, hitting most houses, missing the odd one. Both our friend's sisters homes were saved but the families were not allowed back on the Park for a good few months as facilities were dangerous or polluted.
I've done nothing craft-wise apart from my Thursday blog and one more coaster, a seahorse. I would have preferred to do a 'land' animal but the seahorse was the only other large figure I had. I have sent for some varnish from Amazon so by next week they should be ready to use as coasters.
My hip has been playing up, sorry if it appears I am all whinge and whine, and I need to get it seen to and then maybe I can get the craft room sorted and do a bit of decluttering. Guess I am going to have to learn to come to grips with Ebay and other such means of clearing craft stuff.
Rightio, better get on, this is a scheduled post and it's getting late. See you at Sarah's Craft Shed later.
