Nearing Apocalypse

A landscape that normally looks like this:

...has taken on a post-Apocalyptic quality as of late due to the dozens of forest fires in the entire northwest of Canada and the U.S. 

With a blood-orange Sun above and the mountains almost completely obscured by the smoke on the horizon line, this is what the "very unhealthy" air-quality rating looks like.

Indeed, this made doing open-water laps, mainly coming up for air, noticeably unpleasant, which means I underestimated the extent of the fires. If these conditions persist, I'd love to venture out with my DSLR, though staying indoors is advised.

It's the End of the World (Again)

After a long and strenuous day, my basset and I decided to head out on what we thought would be a relaxing dog walk into the sunset.

Yes, we make those decisions together!

In fact, the basset informed me that he really looked forward to deer scent permeating the evening air and, quite possibly, generously barking at all those neighborhood cats constantly engaged in plotting evil. 

But, when we stepped outside, we came upon this scene:

Another Apocalypse!

Generally, I'm okay with the Rocky-Mountain-style End of the World.

However, the gusts of wind had gotten so strong, that Roediger was more likely to see deer being carried through the air rather than detecting their scent. 

We chose to avoid being smacked in the face by a stray flying hoof or two and headed in.

But not before we caught a glimpse of the stormy sunset: 

Another Day, Another Apocalypse

If Russian boiarynias lived today, they would look like this! I think...

It's not that I belong to a Doomsday cult (!), but that the view from my window here in Twin Peaks often looks like this.

This kind of brooding scenery, as if painted in oil, is best enjoyed with a quotation from the Book of Revelation, a glass of dry red wine (preferably, from the Caucasus), early Samael releases (or Beethoven, i.e., metal or classical).

And smirk.

But you probably knew that already!