We combined fire and cottonwood last night after Tod discovered that it burns beautifully. With lighters in hand, we walked the neighborhood looking for patches and drifts of the white, fluffy seeds.

Touching flame to an edge caused the seeds to catch fire in a wavefront like a fuse burning down. Fire consumed them so quickly that nothing under them was even singed. We stopped when we realised that we were filling then neighborhood with smoke. But it was fun while it lasted. Posted by kuri at June 10, 2001 08:46 PM