Where There's Smoke, There's Fire...and a tooth fairy

Well, a week ago we had our first real run in with the deadly Santa Ana winds. On the 22nd of September it was so windy and hot down here. I was at work and I heard one of the carriers say "did you see the fire?" I hadn't been outside so of course I went to look. The direction was right near where Fillmore is. I immediately took a picture (love technology!) and sent it to Leroy saying FIRE! He looked outside and saw it was us!!!! By the time I got off an hour later the road home was already shut down. From that moment on for three more days I had to take the long way home which is and extra 35 minutes to my already 35 minute drive. That first day was so scary. Fire trucks, smoke, continuous television coverage, so nerve racking.

The good thing out of all that is the winds were headed away from Fillmore and the fire was a wind driven fire not a fuel driven fire. Apparently the area on fire had burned within the last five years so there wasn't much overgrowth to burn up. And it all started because of.....spontaneous combustion of manure! So strange.

The first pic

Just 10 minutes later

Headed home

On the outskirst of Fillmore

In Fillmore, that's the start of it all

The burned aftermath

And next on our agenda, Derrick has his first loose tooth! I noticed he had a gap on the bottom set of teeth and touched it and low and behold it was wiggly. Now Derrick is ready for the tooth fairy and keeps wiggling this loose tooth all the time. Leroy was at the dentist today and the gal there told Derrick she knows the tooth fairy personally and that really impressed him :)