Our burnt house...

Our beautiful home and ADU were lost in the Eaton Wildfire on 1-8-2025!

Poppy is blooming anyway

Phase 1 complete! Thanks EPA!!

Marilyn said this well: All the little stuff is what breaks my heart. Only sentimental stuff not of monetary value is the heartbreaker.

Thank you Donna!

Here I sit, lonely hearted,
at my house,blown aparted...

Refreshingly green!

Wow! Beautiful!

A toast to the future!

This Nikon is done looking at the world.

Thank you, Samaritan's Purse, for working with us sifting through the ash to find our treasures.

Fire-proof cabinet worked!!!

Chives are ready to provide

THANK YOU, WCK for the Burritos and Apples, here and at the Post Office

So appreciated:

Disaster Resource Center in Altadena - compassion and info.

The Resource Center at PCC-East - compassion and info.

Fees waived for important documents

FEMA, Red Cross, SBA

The capable and efficient Tony at AAA Auto Club

Unincorporated Coffee supply give away in Eagle Rock

The huge donation center at the Santa Anita racetrack

LA County Dept of Public Health, coveralls, goggles, masks

Free hot meals from WCK

CalFire Foundation, J Crew - donations

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Altadena - donations

For those who have reached out to us offering help... Thank you! We appreciate your love, thoughtfulness, & generosity!

Loss & Recovery

We evacuated early, thankfully, with the RV, our two vehicles, most of our important papers, laptop, most photo albums and a few treasured framed photos, and PAYASO (our cat). Alas, we did not get everything we would have chosen if only we knew our house would be destroyed. We had all expectation we would be returning to our lives as normal the next day. We are a mile from closest hillside!

We spent Tuesday night in our RV in the Rose Bowl parking Lot. Not much sleep, but some!

Our neighbor told us early the next morning that EVERYTHING is gone. We could not believe this news until he sent a picture.

We moved early WED morning to Brett's shop parking area in a nearby town for a few days with use of the bathroom and kitchen in the shop. Thank you Brett & Tracey!

We are now comfortably in a condo in Glendora courtesy of our good friends, Sandra & Jay. Thank you!

New ADU completed MAR 2024 - Tenants escaped unhurt

BEFORE

We will be in Glendora until about mid-February when we move to a new place which will be our temporary home while we go through the rebuild process.

We moved to our interim home in Sierra Madre canyon on Sunday 2-23-25!! We are so happy to be settling into a rental home close by our people and our burnt house in Altadena.