Equinoctial Fire

To celebrate the autumn equinox I went to a bonfire last night. It was a really warm evening which felt like summer - I was sitting outside at midnight without even wearing a jumper.

Fire's always interesting to watch:

and some interesting things were burned:

and a girl with a good sense of balance did this:

But don't try this at home, folks, because two minutes later this happened:

Though luckily the girl had stepped down just in time.

There was good conversation and lots of jumping over the fire: and Gareth's homebrew had its first public outing. There was music - many of the people there were musicians. In fact, never has so much creative talent gathered around one bonfire - musicians, artists, actors, dancers. I fall into a small but, I hope, necessary category: Delighted to Watch and Listen.

The bonfire has welcomed in the autumn and today it's much colder and has never stopped raining. And there are Christmas puddings in the shops.