Diane Putnam's photos

1. Wood 2. Corn husk 3. Corn silk 4. Formica

The Husk Series.

The Husk Series.

The Husk Series.

The Husk Series.

The Husk Series.

The Husk Series.

This photo is from a GoFundMe page. The grandmother of Travis'* girlfriend had a farm northeast of Klamath Falls, which has just been destroyed by the "Bootleg Fire." It's a very big, fast-moving one that grew from a few hundred acres the first day to nearly 77,000 acres (31161 hectares) four days later! I don't know yet if she got all of her animals out. I'm afraid to ask. Everything was destroyed, as you see. I am sick about it. She is the sweetest person and has raised two grandchildren while putting all her resources into her 142 acre farm. The destruction caused by these droughts and fires every year is breaking my heart. Map link: tinyurl.com/2sk4we52 Firefighters have had to escape to safety zones due to extreme heat and wind in addition to the fire itself. Conditions were life-threatening for them, as well as residents and tourists in the area. *My grandson. (Photo by Elizsha Bowen.) EDIT 11 July: The fire is now nearly 150,000 acres. I can't believe it, this is like a rolling explosion. tinyurl.com/52d8bmwb ( I guess I should have posted this in "Articles.") EDIT 12 July This is the fire my son is on, called the Beckworth Complex (meaning several fires merged into a mega-fire). It shows a fire tornado overtaking a crew in a base camp. Warning - strong language. www.instagram.com/p/CRK6yQoFXYq This is in Plumas County, NE California..

Sent by my daughter-in-law two days ago. Looking south from their house, near Dorris, CA.(See map) About 10 miles away. She took the horses to a friend's stable across the border into Oregon just in case. She brought them back today, as a Forest Service fire camp and livestock shelter was set up in Dorris. It's named the Tennant Fire and started about 20 miles away, winding along the forested hills. Another summer in the western United States (and Canada!).

Photo by my daughter-in-law from their yard. The Tennant Fire near Dorris, California. Terrible heat wave from N. Calif. to middle of BC, Canada. We've had shocking heat. The highest was 128f / 53c in the village of Lytton, BC!!! The next day, the town of abt. 250 burned to the ground as residents ran for their lives. Two died. Terrible. (Thinking of you, BC!) Other records broken on 28 June: Portland, OR - 118f / 48c Seattle, WA - 109f / 43c Klamath Falls, OR - 105f / 41c Meanwhile, extreme drought, high winds, and news stations report heat-related deaths are at least in the high hundreds in the Pacific west of North America. Since the record-breaking temps, it's been in the high 90s every day and will continue there for at least a week. Another severe "heat dome" after that, but will cover more of California and perhaps Nevada and Arizona.

They have names, which I don't remember. My grandson and his girlfriend are raising them because the mother duck was chasing them around instead of mothering.