We Are Rising--- ================= .. post:: Apr 05, 2021 :tags: travel Yesterday we visited `Mount Diablo Grand Loop Trail `_, and this is one of the many memorable scenes that nature has to offer---a small patch of California poppies against the aftermath of wildfires. I'll let the picture speak for itself: .. image:: _static/images/rising.jpeg :alt: A picture taken at Mount Diablo State Park in California. A small patch o California poppy, the state flower, at the center, half burned, withered branches in the foreground. This is California. We make our mistakes. We fall. And we rise. [#]_ This is us. |hr| :raw-html:`
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