I experienced the Valley fire and I lost my home. My husband and I are rebuilding.

I am writing today to express my frustration with people who seem to think that just because there no longer is a home, they can walk right onto our property and look around.

When my home existed, people did not feel free to walk through or across my property. We did not even have our property posted with “no trespassing” signs. Now we have them on all sides and they are completely ignored.

How would those exhibiting this behavior feel if I were to disregard boundaries and walked through and looked around at their property as if it were public?

No one can stop anyone from observing from the public right of ways, i.e., sidewalks and streets, but please respect all of us who have lost our homes and stay off our property.

Linda Diehl-Darms lives in Middletown, Calif.