Well as I live in San Diego it IS a challenge to come up with a LO depicting meaningful seasonal changes - but one thing fall does bring here is fires. Not every year, but 2 big ones in the 10 years we lived here. This LO depicts our experience in the 2007 Witch Creek Fire. My kids and the nanny evacuated while I was in Belgium on a work trip - they packed up the pets, photos and household papers - I was so proud of them - they know what is important.

I created this LO using a photo of a screen shot I took of the television coverage I was watching while waiting for my connecting flight home in DC. Longest flight ever as our house was in a direct path of the fire - thankfully the Santa Anna winds died down. I blended the photo with a couple of masks from the Bask kit.

PS -- I don't always scrap about family disasters - really.

I used the following to create the LO:
Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Pallette Bask
Textured Frames 1

The fire elements were from
Holliewood Fire

VTKS Carrier
CK Man's script
Helvitica

Oct 21 to Nov 3 2007

-197,990 acres
-1040 homes burned
-2 deaths
-41 people injured
-half a million people evacuated (more than hurricane Katrina)
-12,000 evacuees at Qualcomm Stadium
-3500 animals in the wild animal park saved
-Mom in Belgium - emergency tcket home
-Kids evacuated to Ronnas and Sandys
-Pets freaked but safe at vet evacuation clinic

You were incredible. You got all the photos and important papers saved, packed up the animals and fled. I was in Belgium for work and caught the first plane home. What a mess with ashes everywhere and an eerie orange sky for days. But you were safe, the beasts were safe and our memories were safe. This is fall in California...