That was the year of the fire for us, of course.
September 26, 2011
The white things are the containers they used to haul away the debris from the house, sheds, tractor, and truck.
I especially like this photo because it shows that our fireplace survived even though almost everything else was destroyed. How sweet is that?
September 18, 2011
The fireplace, September 18, 2011
What was 2011 like for you?
September 18, 2021
This just HAD to be heart breaking!!
Yes, but I feel good that we handled it so well. Good practice of resilience.
I can’t even imagine what it would have been like to go through that.
It was sad.
Oh MY! These are stark, sad, and frightening all at once.
Yes. 🙁
agree with everyone else, and then Andy and Jean rose up to the challenge…
In the Spring of 2011 (NZ spring) I was capped with my BA in Art History and Asian Studies – my fb memories are starting to show up with the admin as it moved along to that event…
I’ve returned twice since then, but nothing else is “completed” but that okay…I’ve since gone on to do art related studies, which are completed.
I’m not sure if completing is that important to me, the main thing is to be involved, keep learning and growing.
My 2011 pales in comparison. Unremarkable.
As in 2000, was the clean-up facilitated by the government?
Love that the fireplace endured. Lone survivor.
The government didn’t start this fire, so they weren’t involved in the cleanup. What a mess that one was.
Since I only started visiting your blog in recent years I never knew about the fire. I am so sorry you had such a horrendous experience. Resilience over time, as you note, would certainly be demanded to cope with such a situation. I gather you have chosen to remain at this site and to aid in the land’s rebirth. I understand now why your husband’s focus on tree planting, especially when I view the photos of the charred forrest remains. Seeing new growth of any kind, your greenhouse and plants must provide renewal for your and his spirits. How ironic that a fireplace, of all things, would be all that survived, but anything surviving is to be prized and remarkable. Continued healing in all ways is my wish for you and your family.
I meant to add, new life with the addition of my second grandchild, a boy, was the hallmark of 2011 for me.
Yes, a new grandson would be a hallmark. Thanks for the good wishes. Kaitlin’s pussy willow and the birch tree Andy’s folks had brought down from Montana years ago burned to the ground but came back. By the time we were allowed to visit the land after the fire some native plants were already starting to sprout.
I am so sorry that you had this happen…I cannot imagine having everything I own destroyed…but so long as it was only things. But a home is more than a thing in so many ways. And wondering, did it get your photos or did you have them in storage in the cloud somewhere?
It wasn’t everything, we live down here in an apartment. That helped a lot.