California Gardening: Crown Fire - The Aftermath, 1 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
Last one for now. The beautiful rolling hills of Southern California.
DH says that depending on the rain next year there may be a spectacular wildflower show in them there burnt out hills. It'll take years probably for it to return to what it was before the fire. Sigh.
This is the last photo in this series.
Before I forget, I should tell you all a little story. First of all though I want everyone to know that our CDF Firefighters are great people.
Now for the short story. DH's sister knows the Fire Captain who was working on these fires. He saw the hives with our name on them. After the fire he called SIL and told her that he'd saved her Dad's bee hives. Thank the Creator for our Fire Fighters. They'd have done the same even if they didn't know the family. We'll make sure to give our local guys some honey and BBQ for thanks. We'll make sure to have SIL get some to that Fire Captain and his crew too. : - )
They are all one big family, you know. : - )
I'm sure grateful they were there to save most of our hives. It's an ouch in the pocket book/wallet, but it's not as bad as the Sudden Colony Collapse was. We'll recover.
So no worries about us, we'll be fine. : - )
Once again questions and comments are welcomed. As I said previously, I hope to go back out next spring and document how that area is recovering after the fire. : - )
Thanks for sitting out this long thread. Considering I started out with over three hundred photos, I think I did okay in showing a good representation of what it looks like after the fire has burned through the brush and chaparral of the upper desert.
Hope you found it educational.
You all take very good care. :- )
~Walk In Beauty~
SingingWolf