BEAUTIFUL SYNCHRONICITY

Since the Thomas Fire
Here in
Ojai
I’ve learnt about
Fire Followers…

The Forbs that Appear
In Abundance after
A Chaparral Fire.
We are now in year
Seven. 

Each year a plant
Seems to take its Turn. 
This year it’s California Everlasting. 
The blossoms of which
Smell like Maple Syrup. 

In 2018 we were
Gobsmacked
By the fabulous
Flowers 
Of Phacelia grandiflora.

Never even seen them
Before the Fire.
By Spring they were everywhere.
Big, papery, pale blue blooms
Hinting of violet. 

Last year
Bush sunflowers
Irrupted on the east meadow.
They are Flowering again 
This year. 

It may have something to do
With wood-ash in the soil
Or lack of a shade canopy
Or it may just be
A Beautiful Synchronicity.