Brown smoke

From Mullholland, which gives me my early morning perspective, there is a thick layer of brown smoke hanging over the ocean, Santa Clarita to the north and Agua Dulce to the north east. Forty thousand acres are burning in Southern California and the furious Santa Ana winds are expected to keep blowing for another couple of days. It does make you wonder what you'd take with you if you were given five minutes to evacuate. I loved the quote from Lily Lawrence, owner of the Malibu "castle" which burned:

"My possessions don't possess me. My house does not possess me," she told them. "I'm thinking about our boys in Iraq. I'm thinking about you boys."