I don't know who took this picture but it just about says it all.
The entire town is in shock.
I am using my particulate mask and the O2 when I need it.
Please Please Please make a bug out bag that has at least three days of supplies in it for a grab and go situation.
The fire has made the Air Force Academy evacuate. Those kids are being real troopers!

Pool number two is cycling...

That means it is just sitting there and waiting for conditions to be right so I can start planting or adding fish.

That's right folks... Boring!

So I am going to head over to my favorite pond supply store here in town. Picking up a couple of odds and ends makes me feel like something is going on that is forward motion. I have been told it can take six weeks to cycle... but imna gonna cheat!! Pool number one will be donating water, and some plants this week so that it will give pool number two starts living. There is nothing more sad than a dead pool of water.

It is day five now... but day one looked something like this. (day five looks like this with leaf litter and ash in the water... Waldo Canyon Fire is drifting ash on us.)

Well ... it's about time!

It looks like my health is improving...no one in the family has done serious damage to themselves in weeks.
Son has recovered from lung surgery last fall and is awaiting a double lung transplant now.
Husband is still on crutches and may be walking again by fall.
What's a girl to do... aquaponics on the cheap!
You can't get a more natural system. It is non polluting unlike hydroponics, and it is a joy to work with.
Using kiddie pools because they are a cheap container of water to learn in.
Pool number one is horribly overgrown, has had a bad run in with the roofers and two hail storms and is going strong.
Pool number two just went up yesterday and is going to be a deep raft food production system.
So here is post number one on my small efforts to keep some of the fresh water fresh.

Pool number one