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.
Tina Mammoser
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!
Tina Mammoser
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!
Kim-Artsist Ads
You perfectly capture the fire! Magnificent..:-)
Kim-Artsist Ads
You perfectly capture the fire! Magnificent..:-)
Virginia Wieringa
These photos are gorgeous! The first one looks like a painting!
Virginia Wieringa
These photos are gorgeous! The first one looks like a painting!
Kristen (Thoughts from the Bus
I wish I could smell it - I love 'bonfire' and with extra rosemary it must have been gorgeous!
Kristen (Thoughts from the Bus Stop)
I wish I could smell it - I love 'bonfire' and with extra rosemary it must have been gorgeous!
Kirsty Hall
@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.
Kirsty
Post author@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.