Darren's, Heather's, and Gavin's adventures: The Edge of the Smoke

Darren's, Heather's, and Gavin's adventures

Open up the door and take a journey with Heather the Hillarious, Gavin the Gifted, and Darren the Dashing. Will Master Dare slay the witch with his X-wing? Will Gavin want a pet lion? Will Heather's aim hold true? Find out as we enter Through the Wardrobe.

November 08, 2006

The Edge of the Smoke

Imagine for a moment that you live in Southern California. Right now your house is being threatened by the wild fires that rage there. From your living room window you see a curtain of smoke beyond that smoke is the fire which you live in fear of. Inside your home your nose burns from the smell of burning wood and more. Your clothes smell like smoke rather than the fresh scent of gain. Your eyes water. Your voice begins to get husky as your throat becomes raw from fighting off the fumes.

Okay now come back down a few notches...that is what it is like to have allergies and asthma and live in a neighborhood where everyday someone is burning leaves! Last night the smell of smoke was so strong in our house that we actually checked to see what was burning. Then I had Darren step outside to make sure it wasn't Brandi's house. It wasn't. A couple houses down there was a huge leaf pile still in full burn at 8 o'clock.

Okay now you have found it...my pet peave. I live in a neighborhood where it is legal to burn leaves. I can understand wanting to burn leaves, but things have really gotten out of hand. If we are going to do this we need to limit it in some way. The guy who lives behind me burns at minimum every other day.

I want to be able to breathe smoke free air again. Is that too much to ask?

Alright I kinda feel better now. I just had to get that out.

posted by Dare @ 7:06 AM

3 Comments:

At 9:43 AM, Dare said…

Sometimes having a husky voice isnt' too bad... You're lucky. You're inside the house. Think about poor Cinder and Jaida. Poor dogs...

dare
At 10:10 AM, Anonymous said…

Believe me I have thought about bringing them in, but I don't want black dog fur everwhere!
At 8:41 PM, G. said…

You could try hooking up a couple of those big warhouse size box fans in the back yard. My dad's got a couple you could borrow. That might help drive the point over...as well as most of the smoke. :)