Photo by Grace@Everyday Amazing
The Excelsior fire in summer of 2015 left the forest a fragment of its lush vegetation. Tall skeletal trees, burnt logs and roots, form a silent graveyard. The rain had stopped the wildfire from wrecking further havoc on the small town of Jasper, Alberta province. The area is a grim reminder of the harsh realisties of wildfire during summer.
Around the flanks of the forest, lake rises up to vibrancy during spring and summer. The clouds can be dark from the distance. But the tides are calm, soothing balm for the place of what was once a firestorm. What once was a carribou country where the First Nations thrived. The contrast of lake's startling beauty and emptiness from wildfire surrounding it, is a visual and spiritual experience. The area may not be a tourist perfect area. Yet here is where life and death intertwined.
two bald eagles nest on a tree-
wind cries - distant drums -
Photo by Grace@Everyday Amazing
Medicine Lake, Jasper National Park
Alberta, Canada
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - How Wonderfully Imperfect (wabi-sabi) for Haibun Monday, hosted by Victoria C. Slotto. Join us when the pub door opens by 3pm EST. I am back after my Alberta vacation.
