July has been very hot and much dryer than normal. The grasslands around Kamloops have quickly become golden.
Thompson River looking west towards Kamloops
Our yard is a little oasis in the desert.
Unfortunately, we are getting into wildfire season around here with the dry conditions.
This was the view from the top of our driveway this morning looking towards Kamloops. A 55 hectare fire broke out in the sagebrush covered hills near the area that we live in.
There are a lot of dead pine trees in the area. The air tankers were on the job first thing this morning and the fire was 80% controlled by afternoon.
visit Sue's blog at Life Looms Large to see more Colours of July from around the world.
Thanks for sharing your colors!
ReplyDeleteYour garden does look beautiful, full of fruit and flowers.
I never realized before I started reading blogs from the west that there's a fire season. Glad they got the fire your showed under control....and I hope it's fully extinguished now.
Happy July!
Sue
It must be so frightening to have these fires - it would spoil summer for me. Wishing you some showers (that's not something I'd say to everyone)
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