Doc, that is so scary.  I gather from talking to my sister that one of the big problems is a shortage of firefighters given the number of fires.  I trust people are flying in from all over to work, and in the meantime I’m glad to hear your local firefighters stopped the blaze.  I’m also glad to hear you’re getting your things packed just in case.  Things happen so fast and you need to be ready to go if it comes to that.  Be safe and keep us posted.

 

Much love to you and Joanne,

Maggie

 

 

 

Hey, thanks, Maggie.  Our farm is about a mile from Rutersville.  We rushed back here from South Texas (at the Keilers Ranch) to find that the fire fighters had stopped the fire before it had a chance to come our way. It did burn up a lot of land west of us, including the old Citzler homestead where Marilyn Wagner was born.  It is very scary here.  They cannot control the fire in Bastrop.  It has been burning now since Sunday morning.  And getting worse. We can see the mountains of smoke from out house, 40 miles away.  About every hour another fire pops up somewhere.  I spent the day watering the dying grass all around the house.  Folks here (including us) are packing crates and bags for evacuation in the event the Bastrop fire turns this way or something comes from the east.  Everyone is a bit unsettled, nervous.   We need rain, badly, and right now.