Just a little grass fire

This is what happens when hubby sets fire to the trash and then goes back in the house
and watches TV.

It just wound it's way all over...here and there and everywhere.

Very thankful we have a hydrant close by or this could have had very different results.

yes we know we are in a drought, but we did get some rain...

I had spent most of the day at my parents house to sit with my mom while my dad ran a few
errands.  I left to come home about 5 pm and returned home to this mess.

I guess it shows how tired I was because even driving in the driveway I did not notice that the
yard was on fire!! I noticed smoke and thought *ahhh hubby finally burned the accumulated
trash*. I pulled into the garage and when I got out of the car to walk in the house I realized
it wasn't the trash but the yard! EEK!!  Hubby said there wasn't even the slightest breeze
when he lit it...things sure happen fast.

 So thankful I got home when I did or we may have been homeless today or at the least
lost our outbuildings. Dad and mom had told me I should stay for supper and help them
eat their food that others have brought in for them {or dinner depending on where
 you are from}, but I just wanted to get this tired body home and I am so thankful I did.

{mom came home Friday and is doing well, but please continue to pray. Thank you
so much for all your good wishes and prayers. I can't even begin to respond to each
of you individually}

It burned down!

Remember this post...the house and barn that used to be

my grandparents? The barn is now gone...accidentally burned down.

So very sad to me as it still had many goodies inside.

Do you also remember that it was right across from our church? Well...the siding on our fellowship hall is now all melted too.

{I hope to get a picture soon...hubs and I drove past the other night,

but it was dark and I didn't have my camera with me}

Our good friend who had purchased the property {and also

attends our church} was eventually going to tear it down,

but he did not intend for it to happen this way.

He was burning a little pile in front of the barn as he was

cleaning it out and he just walked a few feet away to get

something and that quick the wind must have changed

direction and

whoosh...no saving the barn.

I am so so glad that I got pictures taken before this happened.

The house is still there, but the tree was also partially burned.

I was told you could see it for miles. I am sure it was just

like a tinder box with a hole in the roof , the end and the side

along with lots of stuff inside to make a hot, hot fire.

Can you believe that just moments before the fire started,

a lot of stuff had been moved from our youth building

and put in the house for storage??

So thankful that it didn't take the house too.

I now call our friend the *firebug*. lol.

Many sweet memories at that homestead...

blessings~