Place: Holy Sepulcher Cemetery..........

Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Orange, Orange county, CA...........
We were on our way to  a local park for weekend hiking......int was October and the park was closed due to a recent wildfire..
We came across this cemetery on our way back to home...
The cemetery overlooks the chaparral canyon..it must have been green in spring and summer.........but now a vast burned arena...heart wrenching....how many plants and animals have perished!

Just see this pine tree....charred..

A wind chime hung from a tree.......

It was halloween weeks, so pumpkins were laid out at the tombs..also foods and flowers....

Some pine trees have cones burst open...hope, the seeds will start new life..

Another scalded tree...

Another pine burned to death.......

Angels guarding a tomb...

Amidst all the fire threat, a silk floss tree survived and is blooming now......

Afternoon sunlight illuminates a bouquet..

A flock of ducks flying over the charred chaparral.....