Thursday, May 7, 2015
"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire Burn and cauldron bubble."
Jesuit Father Francis X. Curley's (if you've read The Last Harrah you know the family. He was the last surviving member of the Curley dynasty. James Michael, his father, mayor of Boston for 4 terms and one Governorship)) classroom in high school was the first time I came across Macbeth, and even after reading pretty much all his plays in a college Shakespeare class, it remains my favorite. And really it had nothing to do with him swirling his red satin-lined cape around him, as he entered our the room. Now, those witches, who opened the play and return in Scene IV, are scene stealers! We could have used them last week. Our deck is nice in the summer, but we felt it needed an addition. What might be the best way to go? A fire pit setup to warm our summer evenings? Perhaps a tall, standing, propane heater? Maine evenings can cool down fast. Or how about a some sort of water display, also known as a fountain, bubbling away throughout the day. I've read where the soothing sounds of a fountain are good for the mind and soul. Well, forget my mind and soul, we've decided to install a propane fire pit to add ambiance to of our nice large deck. We probably would have went with a fountain system, if we could have found anything that didn't look like crap and was already falling apart and chipping in the showroom. Well, the pit should afford us more late evening hours to utilize our deck, and that's a very good thing.
Coming soon to a deck near me.
Pictures at 11.
Or whenever we get the fire pit up and warming my toes.
btw If he ever read this, Francis X. (1923-1988) would have probably hurled a few well-placed obscenities my way and made me kneel on chalk... AGAIN.
"Grow up, N-"