One of Doug and my favorite things to do on weekend nights in Florida is sit out on our back patio with the tiki torches and candles burning enjoying the cool evening weather. It gives us a nice time to relax and catch up on the week that just passed. Unfortunately, Marion County instituted a burn ban recently which changed our routine. We still enjoy our weekend nights on the patio, but it does feel like something is missing when we can’t light up the sky with our tikis.
I had never even thought about there being a burn ban until we got news of wildfires in Northern and Central Florida while we were in California. It made me take our drought a lot more seriously and I am glad to follow the rules as I remember how quickly the grass burned one night after a fallen tiki ember lit it on fire several years ago. I won’t complain too loudly as I know the summer rain will begin soon and the burn ban will be lifted. Until then, I will just enjoy the lights on our tiki bar and small decorative palm tree. They are fun to look at and a lot safer right now.
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