Fire, Fire, Fire

I decided today to just post some pictures of the nearby fire.  The fire is called the Seeley Fire.  Fox News has this to say about the fire:

Seeley Fire grows to more than 20,300 acres, zero containment

"PRICE, Utah –  A fire that sparked Tuesday morning on Seeley Mountain in Emery County has grown to more than 20,000 acres Thursday.

The Seeley Fire, located on Seeley Mountain between the left fork of Huntington Canyon and Horse Canyon in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, is believed to have been started by lightning. It has grown to an estimated 20,300 according to U.S. Forest Service authorities Thursday afternoon."

Here is what the Seeley Fire looked like from out home in the evening of Tuesday, June 26th, 2012.

Tuesday night the fire came over the top of the mountain and began burning on our side.  In the early 1900's Van's great grandfather homesteaded part of this mountain and that area is now known as Smith Canyon.  Smith Canyon is where the smoke is on this side of the mountain.  We are anxious to take a ride up there and see what the fire did to the old homestead.

And for the benefit of my sister, Terry, I'm going to post a few pictures of a few of our cats that we have running around our house.  

Very few cats at our home receive names but this one is one of the lucky ones.  His name is JOGGER.  That because when I go out to feed the cats he doesn't run a straight line to the feeding spot he jogs around in circles and zig zags back and forth for several minutes before finally coming to rest at the food.

This is one of our Momma cats and she has been around  a couple of years.

These are two of our new baby kittens this year.  The one on the bottom may be lucky enough to be named "Bandit" or something.  Any suggestions?