First.....A Fire in the Woods

The last couple days have been strenuous in other areas as well. I received a phone call from my mom (she lives right up the road from us) at 11 p.m. Monday evening. There was a fire not too far away. We live in a heavily forested area , so of course this was frightening. I watched the skies for about 1 1/2 hours and finally went to bed. Around 2 a.m. I awoke and thought I smelled smoke in the house. I wandered around in my half-awake state, saw nothing, and went back to bed. I think my subconscious was playing tricks on me. They were still watching smoldering stumps late into the afternoon on Tuesday. Phew....we avoided evacuation.