Way back in the early fall of '08, we noticed an odd addition in the orchard behind our house. It was a collection of large pieces of wood, some as long as 15-20 feet, arranged so that they looked like the preparation for a large, and I mean LARGE, bonfire. The teepee shaped pile was probably 15 feet at it's peak.
We were trying to imagine the marshmallows one would roast on such a fire. Or perhaps the enormous boar that would be turned on a gigantic spit suspended 20 feet in the air. Or worse yet, some sort of tribalistic ritual involving naked dancers, head dresses and long spears.
The pile had been there so long, now, that we really didn't notice it anymore, in spite of the fact that it lay there a mere 75 feet from our back fence.
But when we came home one day last week, we couldn't help but notice it again.
It was ablaze. Ignited. Flame on.
There was a mild curiosity about this sudden conflagration. Why was it being burned? Why now? Was our house going to smell like a summer camp devotion? Was anyone going to monitor said fire lest it spread past it's already substantial boundary?
But mostly, it was rather mesmerizing. Peaceful, even, in a this-force-could-destroy-you-and-everything-you-own kind of way.
So I post it here to share with you. Feel free to burn some mallows over the stove, make some instant hot cocoa and play the video.
And enjoy the lack of smoke smell clinging to your clothes.
2 comments:
Hey,thanks for helping us have mallows and hot chocolate.
WOW! I remember that huge pile of wood/junk. What a huge fire! I'm glad I didn't miss out on this, thanks for sharing the video. I am glad I missed out on the smokey smell though...sorry I feel for you all.
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