Fire Season

We've been having some awesome rainstorms lately. So rare for this area. We really needed it though since it hasn't rained in months. There's the risk of flash floods especially with the wildfires last year. But the rain works miracles with the plantlife here. It works like nothing else to spike their energy and proliferation. The garden hose is no match for the water from the heavens. And the air smells so good, the sky is so clean and blue. With the time change coming this weekend it will make it easier to roll out of bed on a rainy day. We laid our first fall fire this season and Dave blew us out with his blazing bonfire and smoked us out. P&M had one too and mentioned if they keep it small it generally stays in the flue. We tried that later and it worked out well.

Why do men always want to build a BIG fire?

and poke it all the time and play with it? Me...firegod...ugh umm, waving a stick on fire for punctuation. I just want to hear the crackle, feel the warmth, gaze at the dancing flames. It's better than tv! 'Course the little guy's always ready to roast a marshmallow for s'mores. He thinks we're camping indoors. Me? I'm ready for some hot apple cider and a good book.