Heroes

Yesterday as Daughter Darling, grandsons and I cavorted at “Splash” a wave park where we were buffeted around like rocks  shaken in a tin can (fun though) Daughter number one was lying on the floor of her studio praying to save their house from a forest fire.

I didn’t know that until the end of the day.

And her prayers worked—the fire came within 300 feet of the house. Scary.

She felt glad she had taken her dog, Natasha, that day—ordinarily she doesn’t take her to work, for the dog gets car sick, but that day the dog had an eye problem, and so needed treatment. As it turned out she was safe from harm and comforted Daughter by crawling into her lap when she knew Daughter was upset. Daughter’s son was with me, so everyone was stationed out.

Loggers started the fire; firefighters put it out.

 I really praise those firefighters; they surrounded the house, brought in water, contained the fire, and camped there all night to make sure no embers ignited again. They had so many vehicles parked around the house and surrounding forest that it looked like a fairground. The firemen will go to the house daily for the first week, and continue to monitor the area until the fall rains begin. What can we say, except Thank you and Hallelujah!

Life at the home desk:

The day before yesterday I spent a week that morning—well it felt like a week—trying to get a Book proof onto my new Nook. Without the help the most patient, wonderful support person from BookBaby, I would probably still be dinking with it or have killed the Nook or my computer. The two machines  finally talked to each other after being properly introduced by the support lady. All’s well.

 I rejected the proof though, it needs a little tweaking. We’ll see what can be done at this stage. Monday I guess.