Some friends from Purdue came visit Saturday. The weather was beautiful -- not too cold -- a perfect day for barbecue. I went and bought a small grill for the occasion. When the time came, my friend dumped half a bag of charcoal into the grill. I lit it with a torch lighter. The charcoal was the matchlight kind and it fired up instantly. Then I decided to move the grill because the spot was too windy. And against my better judgment, I closed the lid and locked it so that I could pick up the grill by the handle on the lid. Then when I opened the lid, a fire ball exploded onto my face. My friends later told me that the fire ball nearly engulfed my whole upper body. The damage was done and I didn't even realize it. No pain... but I could smell burning hair.Here's a mug shot of me. I am surprised that my eyebrows are still intact.
After the bbq, we played a game of Cranium. Among all the hilarious moments, this one topped it all. And it takes a picture to explain it. So... what do you think the coodle clay resembles? Hint: a thing. To be honest, I wouldn't have guessed it right. It is a DNA. Yes, I am not kidding you, a piece of DNA. And you know what, my friend guessed it right and his team scored. Unbelievable, just unbelievable. It looked more like a vine twisting around a stick. Where's the double helix?
On Sunday, I went to the nearby Kankakee Rive State Park. Sitting by the river on a ledge formed by a shale outcropping, I read a magazine while enjoying the warm sunshine. Water running over the riffle, ducks and geese gliding and skipping over the river, tree limbs dancing in the slight breeze... nature is just magnificent. Then I discovered a succulent-like plant growing in-between the cracks of the rock. The red leaves are arranged like a flower. I have never seen a plant looking this beautiful in the middle of winter. Before I left the park, I walked over to the suspended bridge and took a picture of Rock Creek, overlooking its confluence with Kakakee River.
5 comments:
I am just glad that you are ok, it was a close call.
That sounded scary. good thing everything was OK!
It was actually quite comical. But you are right... quite scary now I think about it. A close call indeed.
Ha ha that's funny. Good that it's only the bits of hair that got singed. Did you guys BBQ wings and steak on the sticks?
Is that ice around a leaf in that interesting picture?
I missed bbq with a long fork, like how we do it in HK. But it seems like in the US, no one does that. So... just grill on the grill itself.
yup that's ice. The leave kinda fell through the ice. Very interesting indeed.
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