By amy_import on February 1, 2006
Due to the the drought conditions our area had been under a burn ban
for over six months; due to the nature of my dad’s job, he has a lot of
scrap material to burn; the sum of these two facts produced quite a
pile of lumber that we torched yesterday when the ban was lifted. Katie
searched the pile for any good scraps before we lit it.
One match made a modest start….
….which quickly turned
to a conflagration.
This ain’t your average country bonfire. We sprayed the fire constantly
with water; it was quite a fight and I’ll admit there were several
times that my heart beat faster as the flames leaped higher. This was
in a clearing in the woods about 50 feet from our house.
Even with all of our firefighting efforts, a dead tree nearby caught
fire from the heat and dad had to cut it down with a chainsaw.
Towards evening
everything dies down a bit.
Deciding to get some more good out of the fire I switched from fire
warden to homesteader and baked a cherry pie in the Dutch oven.
“It only takes a spark to get a fire going” And
what a fire that can be! Your “fire” can be hot enough to ignite those
who are dead around you; don’t get upset about things sent to dampen
your enthusiasm, God might send it to keep you from destroying the life
around you in your excitement. And remember that even slumbering
coals can produce good things. “From
the ashes a fire shall be woken, from the embers new life shall spring,
renewed shall be lives that are broken, as our service we give to the King!”
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By amy_import on January 30, 2006
Well, this morning Starfire’s fever had risen to 105.8 so I called the
vet and took her in. The vet was as baffled as we were so she gave the
dog a shot of banamine to reduce the fever and a round of general
antibiotics to help her fight whatever was bothering her.
I went into town and got her some canned dog food to see if that would
tempt her to eat. I think the injections started working because
Starfire started to perk up and she ate a whole can of dog food! I’ll
bet she was hungry after being sick so long. I’m still watching her but
I have good hopes for her recovery. Praise God!
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By amy_import on January 29, 2006
This morning the poor dog wasn’t any better; in fact, her temperature
was even higher and it had dropped down to 40 degrees during the night!
Poor kid, she sits there shivering, but she’s really hot. After church
I checked on her and saw that she had moved from our main porch which
was in full sun to the side porch which was in the shade. She did drink
some water this morning and maybe a little more this afternoon.
I don’t know what’s causing her to be sick, it just kind of happened.
Dad and I spent time on the internet trying to figure it out but we
have no clue. If the fever hasn’t broken tomorrow I’ll call the vet and
see what she says. Thanks so much for your sympathy.
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By amy_import on January 28, 2006
Dog update:
She’s still sick and refusing to eat. She drank some
gatorade this morning but that’s all. She’s running a fever of 104
(normal being 100-102) and just lays on the porch. Poor kiddo.
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By amy_import on January 27, 2006
Could y’all pray for my dog? She wouldn’t eat yesterday or today. I did a short run this morning but she was so
low on energy she could hardly make it. I tried tempting her to eat with some leftovers this morning
but she wouldn’t touch them.
She seemed a little more perky this
evening and wanted to chase her ball (she would have to be really sick
to not do that) but she didn’t run after it as fast as normal. I did
get her to eat come peanut butter about 20 min. ago, we’ll see if that
will help her a bit. Anyhow, I just hope she gets better because I love
her.
This is what she normally looks like:
Playing her favorite game
At home on the lake
This is what she looks like now (photo courtesy of my little sister)
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