I got this email from Dee on Wednesday, July 27th, 2009: To my friends: Last Wednesday a new forest fire started up right across the lake from us, there's a few pictures here: http://towntalk.ca/php/read.php?category_id=20&article_id=556 We are not in any danger now, but when the fire was at it's peak we had a gig on Main street for the Apricot Festival, and on the way home I wondered if we would find our house on fire! It's now burning away from us down the lake, but it's very smoky and the sky is filled with choppers. It feels like we're living in a MASH episode. We also have 40C+ weather going on, and it's expected to last until next week. Lot's of swimming goin' on:-)