Sunday, October 18, 2020

Fire Bug

 One of my favorite things to do is to play in the fire.  A burn pile makes me happy.  So when Betty had commented about burn piles and probably not being able to do them herself.....

I got up and ready and headed over.  I got all my supplies and tried to start a pile.  I worked on it for a good hour.  And it burnt but only as I fed it small piece and bunches of sequoia needles.  Betty realized I was out there and suggested I work on a pile near the blueberries. 

And so I moved and worked on getting that pile to burn.  For an hour.  I totally was beginning to think I had lost my knack for burning and was ready to give up.  Naturally that is when the pile decided to burn. Betty brought over a couple of wheelbarrows full of old cuttings.  Mostly we got the pile burnt.  

And we had a lot of time to just gab.  I think she was very appreciative of the fact that I had brought a chair with.  I, myself, am past the point of wanting to stand around for the whole period of several hours while I burn.  

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