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Sunday, December 03, 2006
Years after the fire
Remember the massive forest fire in Kelowna three or four years ago? The one that burned approximately 500 homes (but left their private swimming pools in tact)? Forests are often meant to burn, and I discovered that it's quite beautiful at one burn site above the city. (Kelowna, Sept/Oct 2006)
The golden grasses are a nice contrast for the charred trees.
Some rusty-brown lichen or moss between the grounded trees, some green leafs in the foreground, and a slope of charred timber in behind.
It no longer smells like burnt forest when you walk through.
How long will this tree stand here, dead?
Simon documents some charred wood, while survivors look onward behind him.
I'm tickled that two friends, who have spent next-to-no time together over nearly five years, can get together and proceed as if there was no gap at all. Simon and I are friends with a common interest in photography and the great outdoors. Eventually you should badger me to post some photos from our excellent, Mormon-dodging adventure in Moab, Utah and Arches National Park.
Here Simon ponders life in Kelowna, or he's just posing.
Probably posing, again, or estimating the distance to the nearest black bear.
Silhouettes are fun.
Sorry ladies, but Simon is already is spoken for!
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The golden grasses are a nice contrast for the charred trees.
Some rusty-brown lichen or moss between the grounded trees, some green leafs in the foreground, and a slope of charred timber in behind.
It no longer smells like burnt forest when you walk through.
How long will this tree stand here, dead?
Simon documents some charred wood, while survivors look onward behind him.
I'm tickled that two friends, who have spent next-to-no time together over nearly five years, can get together and proceed as if there was no gap at all. Simon and I are friends with a common interest in photography and the great outdoors. Eventually you should badger me to post some photos from our excellent, Mormon-dodging adventure in Moab, Utah and Arches National Park.
Here Simon ponders life in Kelowna, or he's just posing.
Probably posing, again, or estimating the distance to the nearest black bear.
Silhouettes are fun.
Sorry ladies, but Simon is already is spoken for!
-- Back to http://www.jesserivest.com/
