Long Weekend

It was a nice Memorial Day weekend here in the valley. The weather was cool and comfortable. The weather certainly helped the firefighters out. They where fighting the Summit Fire a large fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Fires this early in the session are rare especially because the Santa Cruz Mountains get lots of morning fog and ocean breezes.
Unfortunately there has been some tragedy involved with this fire. Many people have lost there homes. Pets have been lost to the fire and one animal rescue site was burned to the ground. To read this story and help the animals go to http://www.towncats.org/ .
The picture is of two bucks we saw on our Saturday walk. The deer just stood there watching us for a while then they just turned and walked off. I was lucky to get the picture as even thou we often see deer when they see our dogs they leave quickly.
I hope everyone had a nice holiday and remembered to take a moment to remember all the sacrifices of the men and women in our armed forces.