Still Burning

 The headlines ignore it now, but the fires in the panhandle are still not contained and still doing terrible damage. One has moved into Oklahoma, and there are two known fatalities. Livestock losses are devastating. But now it's old news. That fast. On to the next thing. Short attention spans. 

Yesterday morning we had snow and sleet, but not very much. It stayed cold and cloudy all day. Today, plenty of sunshine and probably another record high. That will feel very good. The weekend should be rather nice, except for wind. 

Terrible Fire

 Probably a million acres burned by this time, in total, by the various wildfires north of us. Terrible to think of the suffering, both human and animal. It's been very dry up there. I shouldn't say "human and animal" because we are only another species of animal. All suffering is animal suffering. And all behavior is animal behavior. 

Fire!

 One of the fires burning about 100 miles north of us has consumed 300,000 acres so far, and is not contained to any degree. Many evacuations. That's grassland. And we have a smoke plume from that fire overhead, since the winds have shifted due to the front. This is not extreme cold and tomorrow morning a few wintery showers are possible, maybe a rain snow mix but no accumulations likely. We could use a little precip. And after that it warms rapidly again. Good riddance to February, although it wasn't all that bad around here. 

But you know, human beings are vastly more destructive than any wildfire you are likely to see. Humanity is more like a killer asteroid, a mass extinction agent. I suppose I've done my part, although I've tried to make my contribution to the general destruction as modest as possible. 

What A Day!

 Lots of wind and dust and major wildfires in the panhandle. Spring has sprung. This is what "SPRING" is like on the high plains of TEXAS. Only the strong survive, and only if they're lucky!

Cloudy And Warm

 It got pretty warm yesterday but it was not at all uncomfortable. Today it is cloudy in advance of a mild "front" and rather pleasant. This has been a pretty awesome February, with only one instance of rather cold weather that didn't last long. I see all kinds of growth in my garden and it's looking quite good. I've decided to begin watering and everything is responding well. 

It's all looking (and feeling) quite good!