New Fire Near Us
May 19, 2007
Earlier this week another wildfire broke out near us. This one is known as the San Antonio Fire. It’s located in the San San Rafael Valley near San Antonio Canyon. That’s a region just North of the Mexican border. It’s probably 15 – 20 miles from us in Sonoita.
As of mid-week, the fire had burned about 3000 acres. Today, with the wind whipping up, the fire seems to be spreading. There is a layer of smoke from the fire that is passing over Sonoita. The air has the distinct smell of freshly burned wood. It’s as if everyone in the area was having a fire in their fireplace. The fire is burning mostly oak and grass.
With the extremely dry winter that we had, it is going to be a doozy of a fire season for us. I guess one can’t knock it though as we don’t have to deal with hurricanes, tornados or earthquakes. Tomorrow, we will likely get outside and make sure we have all the brush and potential fire fuels cleared a good distance from the house in preparation for the fire season.
Sean’s baseball game never happened today as the opposing team didn’t show up. So, I guess that makes them 9 – 0 now.
Sean’s Baseball Team Still Undefeated
May 17, 2007
Yesterday, Sean’s baseball team extended their undefeated season winning their game by a score of 13 – 0 and moving their record to 8 – 0. They continue to dominate every team in the league. Thus far, their closest game was 8 runs.
Sean has been catching the whole game, as his coach, like me, is a former catcher and got tired of the backup catcher chasing balls to the backstop. Sean and the new glove continue to meld as he gets more and more comfortable with it. We continue to work on his batting as he makes contact but isn’t really hitting with that much power. He has a very good eye and doesn’t strike out much.
Tonight, the kids had their summer music recital and play at the school as the year winds down. I think next week is their last week of school. Savannah surprised us at the recital as she had a solo on the recorder. She did a wonderful rendition of Ode to Joy. It was a surprise to us that she had the solo, but she had been practicing the song at home quite a bit the past couple of weeks. She thinks she will start playing the flute next year.
Sean had a lead part in the play and did quite himself. He got to play an old man, Mr History, and really threw himself into the part. He got a bunch of laughs from the crowd with his old man voice.
Posting has been hard lately as I seem to have run into some more internet access issues. My Xbox 360 doesn’t connect anymore and net access has been spotty. Working with my host to resolve. Looks like progress is being made. I guess that’s what I get for living in the sticks…
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