One of our closest neighbors – his house is southwest of what we normally try to keep looking like lawn, and directly across the street from our woods – is a Fire Fighter for the City of Houston.
Last week, he had a tree service remove several large trees from his yard. They cut them down, ground out the stumps, and stacked the trunks and limbs in three or four large piles out in his pasture.
Yesterday evening, I glanced over at his house and saw flames dancing to a height of about ten feet in his front yard. I called Honey over to look, and we discussed whether to call the fire department. The flames looked awfully close to the front of their house.
We also discussed what the Hell he might be thinking – he’s a fireman and had to know we have been under a burning ban for the last six months or more!
We couldn’t see anyone in their yard, so I moved down the fence line to see if his truck was home – it was – and discovered that the “flames” were the orange rays of the setting sun shining through a water sprinkler!
Industrial Light and Magic could not have created a more realistic illusion.
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