On the down side, Renee spent almost the entire weekend on the couch sniffling and coughing.  She’d been pretty ill with this flu for most of the week.  Unfortunately, I’m the one now with a scratchy throat and sniffling nose.  But in spite of that, we all stayed relatively on track and managed to really move forward on the writing front.  Of course, considering the availability of extra space and the recent damp, it was also the perfect opportunity to take out a little time late in the evening to do some fire spinning.  (Hopefully, pictures will be coming soon).  It also is/was N.R. Brown’s birthday and we had to celebrate with cake and icecream and presents.  I shall leave it to her to discuss those details. 

All in all, a great relaxing weekend.  AND being able to purchase gas at $3.38 a gallon and then coming home to see prices at $3.71 did not hurt our mood one bit either.

Although I managed to capture a couple of

shots of her that were “keepers” (I love digital cameras…we got a couple out of almost 100 shots), she got quite a few of me that I liked. I’d love to say these are lovely professional photos but as I have been work-busy and was looking for relaxation…they’re fire pictures.

For quite a few years we both have done fire performance. Mostly for our own enjoyment, but Renee has taught quite a few seminars in the MidWest on this. Alas, we still haven’t found a good burn-space in Maryland so the photos are from the backyard and livingroom.

-This first is a portrait-type photo with flaming batons.

-The second is a picture of me actually ON FIRE.

-I took the next photo which is of Renee with her fire fan.

-This last photo is of the fire trails left by her fan while spinning.