Still fire

Last evening we had dinner with some friends in Carrboro, in their lovely, cavernous, cozily civilized home. We sat on their back-yard deck overlooking a few of their many bird feeders and their dense stand of bamboo, mesmerized by the flames of their Jolly Rancher grill, which leapt so high we almost had occasion to sing "Sire, Sire, pants on fire."
    We were all amazed at the variety of still images my Coolpix P300 could see even if none of us could:

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