Yesterday a man who I will not name because he is a local mowed the ditches ghen set fire to them then left the area. Of course it roared up in the wind and shot out in all directions burning up dry, dry grass and if John had not made a fire break at our ditches edge with his tractor it would have burnt down the ditch side and up the other and taken out my long dry grass hay field. I get angry about once a year or so, and you do not want to see me angry but unattended fires make me VERY angry.In fact when I get angry my words get very slow and very clear and very succinct, my childhood deep sea fishermans vocabulary comes to the fore and my accent becomes terribly English.
Firelighters make me very angry. People who light fires in these conditions then drive away make me angrier.
However as I said later to John there is nothing quite as cleansing as a bout of good old fashioned righteous indignation, followed by a lie told (dumbass) which ignited some good old fashioned flash fury. I felt even better when Our John was able to stop the grass fire from spreading into my hay field – it would have taken out the baby Mulberry forest too. Lucky he came home from work early.
All’s well that ends well.
After a very hot day under their fans, and once the smoke had cleared, the Mama’s finally took their babies out into the field.
It will be hot and muggy today (and hopefully we get some more decent showers) but I will have the fans on in the barn, again. But I feel that the worst threat of heat stress for the calves is over. They are panting but not open mouthed. I hope they were still outside when last nights shower came through.
When I get back from Greece we will be cutting the grass hay and I will start selling some of these beefers. I need to get some of these animals off the grass so it lasts the summer but I also want to leave them ON the pasture as long as I can so they are good grass fed beef.
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
WEATHER: A good chance of some rain. And we need it now. So I hope the weather Gods smile their watery smile today.
Wednesday 80% Precip. / 0.64 in
Scattered thunderstorms this morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. High 84F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Locally heavy rainfall possible.
Wednesday Night 20% Precip. / 0 in
Cloudy early with some clearing expected late. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 69F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
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38 responses to “HEAT and FIRE”
What an idiot! Well done John for averting a disaster.
Those two Mamas, really are lovely looking cows.
Some people leave you speechless at their gross stupidity! Thank goodness John came home early. Ohh I’d love to give him a few choice words. 😡
So glad to hear the fire was kept under control. My goodness – the carelessness in such conditions amazes me. People flicking their lit cigarette butts out of their car windows in areas prone to drought and fires, people attempting to burn off a bit of under growth in urban areas where there have been water restrictions due to droughts for YEARS…just makes me shake my head.
Some people are too stupid to be allowed to breed. If he’d done it here, he’d be prosecuted. Reckless endangerment of property and life, the moron. I’m glad you were able to give relief to your feelings without your words setting fire to anything else 🙂 Your pasture is looking beautiful.
My sentiments exactly!!
It is inexcusable to set a fire and then leave. Friends of mine did a prairie burn this spring of 4 acres next to their house. Four men were involved. It was carefully planned and executed.
Those Angus cows are good looking animals, does their previous owner own a bull that could cover Aunty Del and Txiki later this summer? I did comment yesterday, but it seems to have disappeared, but really glad the two babies are coping better today. What benefit is it to the arsonist to set fire to “your” ditch and fields? He would be charged here for arson. Laura
Adjacent to our ditches and fields
Our John saves the day – and the hay – and the forest. Fire is one of my biggest fears as I know you fret about it too with your barns. Happy Wednesday!
Thank goodness for John. Human-caused disasters are often due to atupifying ignorance. We had a huge fire caused by a fool using a flare gun in a tinder-dry forest because he was lost. Another who used a poorly-maintained tractor in high-brush that sparked a fire that burned out part of a subdivision and several businesses. And on and on.
Kate said it well. Seeing firsthand the devastation of careless fire setting turns my words blue as well. I’m glad your John was able to remedy the situation quickly and all is well other than your nerves. I would have loved to be there and listen to the sailor’s daughter unleashed. Wai is looking absolutely wonderful now. Glad the babies are holding their own in the heat. You are making the news again. Hope your day is a bit more boring. You deserve one of those after the last couple of days.
Uncontrolled fire scares me in a visceral way. I’m so glad John got it under control in time. Give that man a hug for me! Fingers crossed for rain. We are very hot down here as well. Does not well for August.
Surely there is a law!? That is insane and irresponsible and idiotic and….
grrr. I think I would have thrown all neighborliness to the wind and left him with such a burn from my anger he never considers being a dumb ass again. I hope that anger of yours burned him.
This weekend we had three or four (depending on how you count) fires, one was in the forest. Burning years are scary- last year from our house we watched the fires start to crest the ridge on the other side of town.
Burning ditches makes sense but here that was banned in February!
Thankful for John’s timely presence & quick action & happy for all of you that it did end well. I hope you both can settle it with the idiot as well, so he won’t ever do it again.
Dreadful. It’s the same here in Spain but for the moment we’re OK as we’ve had so much rain. So glad the crisis was averted.
I’m sure there were some choice words about that thoughtless, careless action of leaving a fire to burn just anything. I know I’d be making a visit and mentioning that it was a very good thing that your John was able to prevent the fire from burning the hayfield, it would mean that the hay that was lost would be replaced at HIS (the careless burner) cost as well as any losses suffered to your income because of having to sell animals before the proper time. Too bad the local law enforcement can’t make a visit and warn the person about doing that sort of thing again and that there would be consequences if he did.
Wai is certainly looking good, his coming to you was a great blessing to him. I hope you get some of that needed rain today.