1. Your bra. You know the one I’m talking about.
2. All notes and letters in your possession containing dangerous secrets. It’s faster and more effective than eating them.
3. Your mortgage, once it’s paid.
4. Zombies. I don’t know about this one from personal experience, but it sounds like good advice to me.
ADELE – Set Fire To The Rain (Photo credit: [ captivated ])
6. Those incense sticks and the aromatic decorative candles that are just sitting around collecting dust.
7. Your imagination.
8. Your passion.
9. Someones heart.
10. The world.
For numbers seven through ten, don’t use real matches. But do say something cool like ‘burn, baby, burn.”
Does anyone burn autumn leaves anymore? We pay yard people to clean them up and cart them away. We used to rake them up and put them in clear plastic bags to be picked up and composted. Well, I never did any raking, W did it all. I’m very opposed to the whole idea, feeling strongly that leaves are meant to cover the grass and protect it from the ravishments of winter. And then we can all be doubly annoyed with them in the spring. Plus raking is hard work and I’ve never been a strong advocate of that, ever.
I remember when we were kids jumping into a gigantic pile of leaves and then having to clean up the mess all over again so we could light them on fire. The smell of burning, smouldering leaves is something so wound up in the whole concept of fall that it’s hard to think proper autumn thoughts without it.
But I guess there’s enough things being set on fire these days. No need for any more smoke getting in our eyes.
ah..the smell of burning leaves! The carpet of fallen leaves on the ground ! The noise of the mower in Spring, and the smell of freshly cut grass.
These are things which make the seasons not which month is which!
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If snow had a nice smell maybe I’d like it better…lol
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I enjoyed this! I love lists. lol
An advantage to living in the country… the leaves eventually all blow away. A disadvantage…. some of the corn fodder and bean stalks from our own farm harvest also blow around and end up in my corner-of-the-house flower beds…..
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The farm we grew up on had so many big maple trees the fallen leaves were everywhere. Getting us to rake them up and burn them was one way to keep us busy I guess. I love lists too! Perhaps you’ve noticed. 🙂
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No leaf burning allowed in my city. The county mulches them and we get the black gold for our gardens. Dianne
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That’s a truly excellent idea!
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I was thinking the other day that I miss smelling leaves burning. We also have to collect them to be mulched, but we don’t get the compost back in return.
Lillian
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Maybe I could sneak a few of them inside and burn them like incense?? okay, maybe not. 😉
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