Rain Dance Giveaway!!

This was our view while watching fireworks on the 4th of July. These are images I borrowed from the Internet because I forgot my camera. 

I was more intrigued by watching the fire move up or down the mountain then the actual fire works.  Our little town does it up but this was something to see. 

Luckily Mother Nature took pity on us and yesterday we had a huge rain fall.

For us it was a mixed blessing.  I am glad to have the rain but my husband and I were out at 6am to put the last of the tar paper up on our house before the rain came  down. Hopefully our house will survive all of this.  

In the happy spirit of RAIN I will be having a quickie giveaway of these watermelon magnets.

I love watermelon!!  So refreshing!

The only rule is to leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner Saturday the 7th of July in the evening. (After a long day of working on the house.) 

Just a quick reminder of the Christmas in July sale I am having at my Etsy shop.

I have free shipping on all magnets, ornaments, and pins during CIJ!

 Plus a clearance section with 50% off during the whole month of July.

Click on the link above to go to my shop.

Good luck to all and enjoy your day!

Barb

Tinder Box

Here in Utah, and across the west, we are having the worst fire history ever so the news tells us.

Last Friday I came up from the basement to take my daughter to a friend’s home and noticed huge plumes of smoke to the west of us.

It was a bit frightening because I know people that live in the canyon. Luckily it was extinguished fairly quickly but a few homes were lost. 

This photo is from outside my front door.

Then as we were headed to our little town’s parade on Tuesday night the mountains to the east were on fire.  You could see the flames and hot spots everywhere. By night fall the flames were something to see.  It must have been massive because we live on the south west end of the Salt Lake Valley and could see flames late into the night.

We are leaving our neighborhood to see the parade and this is our view. 

This is in the area that we go fishing and they had evacuated all the campers.

Bet they were not "Happy Campers" this 4th of July!

Needless to say there are  still a couple of huge fires to the south of us still raging on so the air conditions in these valleys are tragic.

We are coming to the monsoon season but with that comes dry winds and lighting.

So as the east is flooding the west is burning.

I am hoping for rain soon.  My hope is for all of us to be safe!

Barb