Bonfire
The Wonderful Zoë was here all weekend helping me clear up the garden. I’ve been very exhausted and unwell this last week, so she did most of it and I pottered around slowly and directed operations.
On the Saturday night we had a bonfire, partly to celebrate the Spring Equinox but also to get rid of a pile of old wood that we’d been collecting up for months during our various declutterings.
I chopped back the huge rosemary bush, so we had piles of fresh branches to burn…
Kirsty Hall: Bonfire, March 09
…and they sent up plumes of aromatic smoke.
Kirsty Hall: Bonfire, March 09
There’s something so primal and satisfying about a fire…
Kirsty Hall: Bonfire, March 09
…I liked the way it was constantly moving, although it made it hard to photograph.
Kirsty Hall: Bonfire, March 09
It was a very magical evening.
ah lovely! I admit I’m afraid of fire. Water person here. When I had a bonfire in the allotment one friend chopped bits, the other friend added them to the fire and spurred it on, I kept going around the edges with a bucket of water. ;)
Yours must have smelled wonderful from the rosemary!
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Posted by Tina Mammoser on March 24th, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
ah lovely! I admit I’m afraid of fire. Water person here. When I had a bonfire in the allotment one friend chopped bits, the other friend added them to the fire and spurred it on, I kept going around the edges with a bucket of water. ;)
Yours must have smelled wonderful from the rosemary!
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Posted by Tina Mammoser on March 24th, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
You perfectly capture the fire! Magnificent..:-)
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Posted by Kim-Artsist Ads on March 26th, 2009 @ 7:38 am
You perfectly capture the fire! Magnificent..:-)
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Posted by Kim-Artsist Ads on March 26th, 2009 @ 8:38 am
These photos are gorgeous! The first one looks like a painting!
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Posted by Virginia Wieringa on March 27th, 2009 @ 4:05 pm
These photos are gorgeous! The first one looks like a painting!
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Posted by Virginia Wieringa on March 27th, 2009 @ 5:05 pm
I wish I could smell it – I love ‘bonfire’ and with extra rosemary it must have been gorgeous!
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Posted by Kristen (Thoughts from the Bus on March 30th, 2009 @ 7:51 pm
I wish I could smell it – I love ‘bonfire’ and with extra rosemary it must have been gorgeous!
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Posted by Kristen (Thoughts from the Bus Stop) on March 30th, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
@Tina: I love water too but I’ve always been drawn to fire. I sometimes think that I’m an artist just so that I can play with things. Sometimes it feels as though I haven’t really moved on from the mud pies of my childhood!
@Kim: Thanks for your kind words.
@Virginia: yes the first one is my favourite too.
@ Kristen: the rosemary didn’t smell as strongly as I thought it might but it was still lovely.
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Posted by Kirsty Hall on April 1st, 2009 @ 11:59 am
@Tina: I love water too but I’ve always been drawn to fire. I sometimes think that I’m an artist just so that I can play with things. Sometimes it feels as though I haven’t really moved on from the mud pies of my childhood!
@Kim: Thanks for your kind words.
@Virginia: yes the first one is my favourite too.
@ Kristen: the rosemary didn’t smell as strongly as I thought it might but it was still lovely.
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Posted by Kirsty on April 1st, 2009 @ 12:59 pm