At last, my darlings, I have finished! Our trees are fully cooked, piping-hot out of the oven and waiting for you to savor. Yum!
While you’re here, a couple of outtakes (i.e., photos I didn’t have enough room for):
I didn’t use this one in the main post, because it’s not as obvious, but if you look closely within the scorched zone, you’ll notice how abrupt the transition from burnt to unburnt is. The hot cloud just went woosh up into the air, and while one tree perished, its neighbor was spared. Pretty wild stuff.
Speaking of wild, this was a common scene round my childhood city:
No, the San Francisco Peaks weren’t erupting. Nor was any other volcano. Some stupid bugger didn’t know how to handle a campfire in dry country, and next thing you know, half the mountain’s on fire. It burned Schultz Peak all the way up. My darlings, when Smokey the Bear tells you to be careful with fire in the forest, please be fucking careful with fire in the forest, m’kay?
Thank you. Now, get thee to the baked trees, and let me know how they turned out.
All you need is a volcano. Pfft! It’s really that simple? Ha.
Excellent post, as always. I like my Mount St Helens’ updates.
Well Done, Dana.
Sorry….