Building bon fires!!

I guess I come from a line of people that can build a good fire.  I mean as I was growing up we nicknamed my Grandpa, fire bug.

See he had several hay fields & ever year he would light them on fire.  So I spent a lot of nights fighting fires.  When you have a fire on a hay field it just takes a small wind to come & get it out of control.  Of course there is a reason to set a hay field on fire.  It makes the hay grow better for the next year & burns up all the weeds & thorns you don’t want in the hay.

But I tell you want my Grandpa always seemed to be very happy when lighting these fires.  He would be almost singing & dancing while lighting them!  This always seemed weird to me, but if it made him happy then, You Go Grandpa!! 

Needless to say my mom is able to build a pretty good fire also.  Of course she isn’t one to set the fields on fire.  But she can make a good fire in the stove for heating the house.  She taught me how to build a fire also.  I don’t have wood heat to heat my house.  So the only time I get to use my fire starting skills is when we have a bon fire.

Building a bon fire is a art form & I am a artist at it.  Even if I don’t seem to have the best materials for starting a fire, I still seem to be able to get it going.  I’ve had friends & family make comments on how well I’m able to get a fire going.  I know you say well anyone can make a fire.  But you would be mistaken.  I’m talking about making a fire without using lighter fluid or gasoline.  I’m mean that’s just downright cheating!

To build a good nice hot bon fire you have to have the patience to build your foundation.  If you don’t get a good foundation for you fire going first, when you put the bigger wood on the fire it’s just going to go out.  Then you’re left in the cold.  You don’t want to be left in the cold do you?  I mean what fun is it to have hot dogs & marsh mellows to roast if you don’t have a fire to roast them on?

Do you want to be left in the cold??