Photo: the smoke is back

The sun sets in the smoke
Photo by Frank Kleyn

It was a beautiful morning and early afternoon, a bright sunny day. Lee was out walking and found signs of fall - a tree with leaves already turning.

It was a beautiful, sunny fall morning
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Look at the beautiful blue sky. Lee took the photo around 11:15am Thursday morning.

I had my doors and windows open and was enjoying the nice breeze. I don't remember what time it was - sometime in the late afternoon. Suddenly there was a foul odor blowing in the front door - which means the wind was from the south.

I rushed to close all the doors and windows. By sunset, when Frank took the photo out over the Shoreline Sea, the smoke was obvious.

On the news, I heard of a big new fire in Shasta County, California. The Delta fire has burnt 15,000 acres in 24 hours and is not contained.

It's still fire season. Hoping for rain for California.

DKH