The EllGab Garden

[Rikki Gins]

Why are you ruining the garden thread by bringing me into it?  Sorry @Rikki Gins she know not what she do. COZ SHE'S A STUPIDHEAD! @PolkaDot

You don't ruin the thread @KSM.  Always a pleasure having you here.

[JUAN]

@GravitySucks - out of five seeds, two pea eggplant sprouted, but a very unusual freezing night killed them.  I’ll plant more in a few weeks.

[PolkaDot]

You don't ruin the thread @KSM.  Always a pleasure having you here.

A pleasure?  No reason to overstate the case @Rikki Gins . 
Calm down @KSM - I'm mostly kidding.

[Rikki Gins]

A pleasure?  No reason to overstate the case @Rikki Gins . 
Calm down @KSM - I'm mostly kidding.

I tend to use that word a lot, especially when meeting people for the first time.

[Rikki Gins]

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Some more damage from the September wildfire.  At first glance I thought this house was spared by the fire.

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But sadly, the other half suffered some serious damage.

[anniem]

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Some more damage from the September wildfire.  At first glance I thought this house was spared by the fire.

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But sadly, the other half suffered some serious damage.

A mess

[Rikki Gins]

A mess

Yes, at least on the right hand side.  As a matter of fact, none of the houses to the left were burnt so it kind of looks like the fire was actually stopped (in that particular sector) as it was burning into the house.  Most likely fireman stopped it because there was no soapy fire retardant sludge left over from a forest fire plane.  Aerial retardant drops were few and far between because of the unusually dense smoke.  I hadn't realized it at first, but there were a string of houses that were destroyed to the right of the white house.  In fact there was a small house with a double garage right next to it.

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[anniem]

Yes, at least on the right hand side.  As a matter of fact, none of the houses to the left were burnt so it kind of looks like the fire was actually stopped (in that particular sector) as it was burning into the house.  Most likely fireman stopped it because there was no soapy fire retardant sludge left over from a forest fire plane.  Aerial retardant drops were few and far between because of the unusually dense smoke.  I hadn't realized it at first, but there were a string of houses that were destroyed to the right of the white house.  In fact there was a small house with a double garage right next to it.

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It looks like it takes a very long time to get things rebuilt, huh?

[Rikki Gins]

It looks like it takes a very long time to get things rebuilt, huh?

I believe that federal funding to help with the clean up efforts will begin later this month.  This is a rather small city that I drive to in order to take one of my EllGab Garden walks in.  For years, I have walked by all of these burn sites, not thinking that they would someday be destroyed by fire.  (I was pleased to see that my favorite cemetery escaped the blaze.) There was another small town to the south that received just as much damage but I don't take walks there and thus, no pictures.  Here are some shots that were taken next to that white house that can be seen in the previous pictures.

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[anniem]

I believe that federal funding to help with the clean up efforts will begin later this month.  This is a rather small city that I drive to in order to take one of my EllGab Garden walks in.  For years, I have walked by all of these burn sites, not thinking that they would someday be destroyed by fire.  (I was pleased to see that my favorite cemetery escaped the blaze.) There was another small town to the south that received just as much damage but I don't take walks there and thus, no pictures.  Here are some shots that were taken next to that white house that can be seen in the previous pictures.

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Sad. And it sure takes a long time to get things fixed, huh

[JUAN]

The fire really hated Volkswagens.

[Rikki Gins]

The fire really hated Volkswagens.

I believe you can see the back of one of them in the Google Earth picture above.

[PolkaDot]

The fire really hated Volkswagens.

LOL I was thinking those people sure loved their classic VWs!

[ShayP]

Why has The EllGab Garden turned into images of tragedy? 

[Rikki Gins]

Why has The EllGab Garden turned into images of tragedy? 

Good question.  These images reflect the devastation of a wildfire that occurred in September and show the power of nature, in this case, fire.  Nature is a principal subject of the thread so I've been documenting it's power.  Likewise, I like to take pictures of storms.  But not to worry, I'm taking pics of clouds and plants, as we speak.