This evening from the garden, at the back of the gardens there is a small wood. Some a******* has started a fire. Brigade called !
Thank goodness it was a little fire that was knocked down quickly! Hundreds of acres are currently burning here in BC and in California again this year, with homes and property lost, plus lives and livestock at severe risk.
Some fires are due to natural causes, lightning strikes etc, but a large number are due to unsupervised idiots.
Around 3:00 am this morning, I was awaken by a barrage of about twenty or so firecrackers being set off out in the street! The grass is pretty much like straw at this point and I give it a really good soaking every evening, but it only takes one spark or ember.....
What I find incomprensible, is that kids who should be at home in bed are out there playing with fire. Their parents, for want of a more descriptive word, are likely totally oblivious of the mayhem that ensues when their precious little ones are out for a walk with their friends! What the heck has happened to responsible parenting these days?!!
If I had even contemplated doing something stupid like that once and my parents had found out, I wouldn't have been able to sit down for a month. Unfortunately, corporal punishment is frowned upon these days. Geez, the gene pool really is running dry!