bring back the green

Today, facebook reminded me that 5 years ago, I was doing the marathon.  Not "doing" as in running it.  I was working an aid station.  Labor Day has traditionally been the day of the ADT marathon in Colorado Springs, and Meego and I used to volunteer for it.  

I don't remember how many years we handed out water and Gatorade, but 2015 was memorable since the very next morning, I got dog bit.  We'll see if facebook remembers that tomorrow.

This Labor Day is quite different.  No marathon because of Covid-19, we don't live in Colorado Springs anymore, and the skies are not clear blue among other things.

I was out shopping this morning and snagged this pic of ashes that accumulated on my car after about 30 minutes in the store along with the poor little sun trying to peek through the smoke.

isn't this what wiped out the dinosaurs?

No orange filter, that's just what it looks like right now.  It's like having the blue light blocker turned on full all of the time.

If nothing else, I think people are heeding the mask wearing more diligently now - not so much to protect others, but to filter out the air they're breathing.  Whatever works.

So while we're all rather freaked out at the "winter" storm forecast for tomorrow, it would be nice if the Cameron Peak fire gets a good wallop.