Some body celebrated another birthday last week. Big Deal. Another year older, but where the heck is the wiser when you live in the middle of the frozen tundra? We could be in California enjoying the spring, dying of housing debt and woes... Maybe the frozen tundra isn't so bad...
The boys thought there should be candles, but the fire department wanted a bond fire permit to light them all. We decided a Mexican sparkler almost 3 feet long would be better, so...It took about 25 matches to get it to light in the -30 degree C temps. Once it was lit however, it would not go out
We finally stuck it in the snow "gnome" that in the summer time is a beautiful flower pot on the front porch rail. The little pile of snow is the natural accumulation over the winter so far. The sparkler would not be extinguished, kind of like me, I do not want to be extinguished just yet either.
Lights out. The sparkler continued to burn for several minutes before it finally gave up.
We finally stuck it in the snow "gnome" that in the summer time is a beautiful flower pot on the front porch rail. The little pile of snow is the natural accumulation over the winter so far. The sparkler would not be extinguished, kind of like me, I do not want to be extinguished just yet either.
Lights out. The sparkler continued to burn for several minutes before it finally gave up. And a good time was had by all...
to be continued...
1 comments:
Happy Birthday Alan! That sparkler is amazing! Missing my Michelle, as usual! Everybody hug each other from the Mattsons!
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