Wildfire

It

crept

insidiously

over the mountain

and down into the valley

consuming everything in it's path,

trees, underbrush, homes,

wildlife and habitat . . . Old growth timber . . .

the home of the endangered Spotted owl . . . . . . . . .

Chipmunks,

Squirrels, tiny birds, woodpeckers

Every creature that calls the forest home . . .

Brown bears, black bears, elk, deer, cougar . . . . .

Displaced.

Lakes and rivers steamed . . .

Streams and rivulets boiled .. . . fish died . . . .

Waterfowl fled with singed wings . . . . In it's wake,

blackened, smokey, barren remains . . . Devastation . . .Oh woe! . . .

But . . .

Pinecones opened . . .

by heat . . . spew forth seeds . . .

germination . . . growing . . . until . . . one day . . .

before us stands, once again a mighty forest

of pine trees . . . completing the wondrous cycle of life . . .

And death . . . And rebirth . . . All in God's time . . .And His Will . . .

Praise

God, all

Creatures

Here Below!