[Magilla]

You're fine. It's eerie, and shave your neck.

 

[Magilla]

With all the smoke in the air from the big fires in Canada and the wind shifting around to coming from the east, it feels a bit errie out here. I know those fires are a long way off, but I can still smell, taste, feel that smoke in the air. Combine that with the storm winds shift, it just raises the hairs on the back of my neck.

I've done a few "chores" that I normally do before storms and was happy to shut the chickens and goats in the stables for the night. Everything just feels...wrong. Instincts are powerful, even when the logical mind knows I'm as safe as I ever was.

This picture is of the sun in a blue sky as it sets through smoke from fires several hundred miles away. Stay safe out there.

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I know the feeling. We've had forest fires here in the southeast that were several hundred miles away and affected us pretty severely. Like you said, you can smell it, taste it and feel it. We even had ashes falling. The sky was brownish/orange and didn't see the sun for days. Ironically, we'll usually get a hurricane to come and blow it all away, so there's that.

I grew up in rural Michigan, so I'm familiar with the territory. It sounds like you are pretty grounded and can take care of yourself. Like you said, instincts are powerful.

I hope things improve for you, soon!