Fire!

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I have, as I’ve mentioned before, a fireplace in my apartment.

This is a novel experience for me. I’ve never lived in a place with a fireplace before. With winter’s chill approaching, we made a point to go out and buy firewood; the glow from a burning fire is quite lovely.

And that inspired some pictures.

At first, I was quite frustrated; I was using very long exposure times, always somewhat dicey with a digital camera, and I couldn’t find my minipod, so I had to make do with stacks of books to rest the camera on. I finally got ’round to offloading them, and was surprised and pleased that some of them turned out quite nicely.

60 thoughts on “Fire!”

  1. be sure to keep the flue open.

    And if it hasn’t been opened in a while, keep in mind that things might have gotten in there, such as leaves, dead squirrels, etc.

    It’s hard to fuck up pictures taken by firelight. Nice job.

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    • I wasn’t entirely acquainted with the idea of a “flue” when we first decided to spark one up in the fireplace, and I was scratching my head thinking “Hmm. I bet there’s something I’m forgetting. Wouldn’t it make sense to have some kind of door in the chimney so that stuff doesn’t come down it?”

      So I poked around, found a lever, and had an “aha” moment.

      Which, fortunately, came before, not after, the fire was going.

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      • Having had fireplaces most of my life, I am aware of the flue.

        Recently, we had a problem with our flue. It seemed to only open partially, and still there was some sort of blockage.

        After much fiddling, the block eventually fell through to the smoldering fire. Evidently, a squirrel had become trapped in the chimney the previous season, and long since died and was mummified.

        And now the mummified flesh and squirrel fur was smoldering on a fire.

        Later, we managed to save another squirrel that had fallen into the chimney, but was still alive. A bit fucked up after his ordeal, but still alive.

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  2. be sure to keep the flue open.

    And if it hasn’t been opened in a while, keep in mind that things might have gotten in there, such as leaves, dead squirrels, etc.

    It’s hard to fuck up pictures taken by firelight. Nice job.

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        • After reading your question I decided to search around teh interwebz. I thought maybe some form of “immolation” might be included in such a word. Then I searched “lover fire fetish” and I got a lot of interesting reading, but for your question I got nothing. Hehe.

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          • Well at the risk of sounding criminally insane.

            If you DID hypothetically cook a person in a fireplace then I suspect, just like a roasted pig, only the outside would likely get burned. The inner bits, depending on the size of said lover, would likely be a nice medium rare.

            then again a fireplace is a mighty small space to cook a lover, a bonfire would likely offer a more evenly cooked result. the only problem is that with either, if you plan on LOVING that lover while they are in said fireplace….then you risk getting burned yourself.

            and now I need to go scour my brain because the territory of COOKING lovers in fireplaces is not someplace I should be letting my mind wander this much…..

            …..Mostly because at this point I don’t have a fireplace OR a lover that is accessible.

  33. After reading your question I decided to search around teh interwebz. I thought maybe some form of “immolation” might be included in such a word. Then I searched “lover fire fetish” and I got a lot of interesting reading, but for your question I got nothing. Hehe.

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  40. I wasn’t entirely acquainted with the idea of a “flue” when we first decided to spark one up in the fireplace, and I was scratching my head thinking “Hmm. I bet there’s something I’m forgetting. Wouldn’t it make sense to have some kind of door in the chimney so that stuff doesn’t come down it?”

    So I poked around, found a lever, and had an “aha” moment.

    Which, fortunately, came before, not after, the fire was going.

    Reply ↓

  41. Having had fireplaces most of my life, I am aware of the flue.

    Recently, we had a problem with our flue. It seemed to only open partially, and still there was some sort of blockage.

    After much fiddling, the block eventually fell through to the smoldering fire. Evidently, a squirrel had become trapped in the chimney the previous season, and long since died and was mummified.

    And now the mummified flesh and squirrel fur was smoldering on a fire.

    Later, we managed to save another squirrel that had fallen into the chimney, but was still alive. A bit fucked up after his ordeal, but still alive.

    Reply ↓

  44. Well at the risk of sounding criminally insane.

    If you DID hypothetically cook a person in a fireplace then I suspect, just like a roasted pig, only the outside would likely get burned. The inner bits, depending on the size of said lover, would likely be a nice medium rare.

    then again a fireplace is a mighty small space to cook a lover, a bonfire would likely offer a more evenly cooked result. the only problem is that with either, if you plan on LOVING that lover while they are in said fireplace….then you risk getting burned yourself.

    and now I need to go scour my brain because the territory of COOKING lovers in fireplaces is not someplace I should be letting my mind wander this much…..

    …..Mostly because at this point I don’t have a fireplace OR a lover that is accessible.

    Reply ↓

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