Oh what a beautiful........fire???

Good news/bad news. Isn't that always the case. Always a catch.

Good news: The sky has been clear, temperatures have been in the 60's and possibly hit 70-75 in the next couple of days. It really feels like summer. People are out and about and all with smiles from ear to ear. It is amazing what the sun can do for a persons disposition. It hasn't rained for about two weeks here and I am LOVIN it.....I think.....

Bad news: Yesterday evening, 8pm, sun still high in the sky. Ray and I are outside on lounge chairs reading magazines and soaking in the sun when a haze fills the air. Ray swears it is clouds, but I know better. It was smoke. As curious as I am (or as Ray says NOSY) I jumped into the car to go to the top of the hill to find out what was going on, and all we could see was "more smoke". Since Ray did spend some time with the Forest Fire control in NY, he puts the fire at about 30 miles away. We tried every radio station (that would be 3 on our dial) and no mention of the fire. When we awoke today, we saw the news. It is a devastating fire spreading towards Homer. What is worse is that they fear our electricity may be cut due to the path of the fire. They say if that happens, we could be out of power for a while......perhaps days.....that wouldn't be good.

In other news, since this blog seems to be about news, I decided to cut and paste some ACTUAL Police calls in Homer, Alaska. They publish these calls in the newspaper and generally they are pretty funny. Here are a few of my favorite from this past week.

**A woman at 8:07 a.m. reported her car was taken from the airport. The woman later discovered someone in her family had moved the car.

**A man at 6:03 p.m. reported another man had his hat he recently lost and would not give it back. The man called back later and said the man returned his hat.

**At 6:46 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported a female inside the Homer Public Library, monitoring a baby left in her vehicle with a hand-held monitor.

**A man at 4:30 p.m. came to the police station to ask about regulations regarding street juggling.

**A man at 1:27 a.m. reported three naked men standing around a bonfire on the Spit and refusing to get dressed.

**A man at 9:23 a.m. reported two older camp chairs stolen from their Spit campsite and replaced with a newer camp chair.

Now, mind you there are some "serious" calls to the police, but I found the ones that were pretty funny, and surprisingly, every week brings a new string of incidents, which are equally as funny. Almost worth getting the paper just to read the Police section. Hey if David Letterman's writers run out of things to laugh about, they don't have to look far in Homer.

Until next time, be well!