Last Friday was our Fire and Water festival (so Sorry for the long delay in getting these pictures posted ) We’d origiinally planned it for July to celebrate Bastille day.. but the weather didn’t cooperate.. so we delayed to lasting weekend. Gizzo, rebar and I headed out to Woods island on Wed. , Thursday was a setup day with about 10 of us there.. ..by Friday morning more people started showing up.. and we were in full prep for the nights burn
the mystical fire duck ‘ducminster fuller” arrives on the island.. its ,made of woven willow and cloth soaked in beeswax and linseed oil./. it’s based on a na ancient boat called a coracle
king Louis awaits his real head
preparing the pyro
checking out louiies head.. hey.. does that look lie anyone you know ? 
ready to burn 
the duck is lit.. and takes hours to catch. that’s on purpose.. no idea when t will burn.. but it was so beautiful !!!
duane starts with some rope dart.. and giizzo make a few remarks.. then we’re on to the burn !
o dodntget any pictures ofloiius catching fire as I was too busy using the buttons to light him.// he burn beautifully… Pyro Tek worked pretty well except for the main event… The rocket to launch his head off didn’t work. I was pretty bummedStill not sure what happened but it still was a beautiful burn. 
then it was time to crank up the roofer.. I burned through a whole tank of propane in less than an hour
then people started showing that the duck was beginning to burn.. we all rushed over.. it was so beautiful !
the people were beautiful too
the rest of the night was pretty magical.. dancing, drinking, talking.. it was beautiful..
were doing this again next year !
nite all,. nite sam
-me