We had a beautiful sunset yesterday over the lavender. Blood red. An erie reminder of the Basin Complex fires last year in the Los Padres National Forest that spread ash over our entire farm for nearly 6 weeks, ruined our first culinary crop, and killed a number of my newer bee hives.This time, the haze responsible for the beauty was not a nearby threat, but rather, it is coming form 80 miles to the north, the fire in the Santa Cruz mountains near Bonny Doon.
They too had a fire last year, and while we are quite safe here in Tassajara from this blaze, as I watched the brilliant red splendor, I couldn't help but think about the poor folks up north, and what they must be going though. Again. They grow lavender up there too. And the sky shows we are all connected, even when separated by almost a hundred miles.
I wish a speedy containment to the blaze up there, and my heart goes out to all of the residents that might be in harms way. May you all be safe.
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