Drabble signal boost!

[cairistiona]

I did a wee bit of research for suzll this afternoon, to help her win a bet (Elros and Elrond *are* twins in canon, per an obscure line in The War of the Jewels' "Tale of Years"). So when she said she was going to collect her winnings, I whined for a cut, since I, like, took five minutes to look something up and could have suffered a paper cut. Or something equally dire and debilitating. Plus, I was afraid my hill was about to burn down* ... so she wrote me a terrific Ranger drabble.

Read it here. :D

Thank you, my friend!

*There was a brushfire on the other side of our hill this afternoon. Lots of smoke, but there were a couple of firefighters keeping watch on our side of the hill while a few additional firefighters got their brush buggy up into the woods. They seem to have contained it to that side of the hill, so crisis averted, yay. \o/ It's still kind of smoky outside, though. *cough*

Comments

[shirebound]

Glad the fire was a small one!

Elros and Elrond *are* twins in canon, per an obscure line in The War of the Jewels' "Tale of Years".

I've often wondered about that.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad it was a small fire, too. It still smelled smoky well into the evening!

I have to say I've never thought about where in canon it states Elrond and Elros are twins, so it was an interesting seek-and-find mission. :)

[layne67.livejournal.com]

We have a lot of brushfires here recently due to the hot weather and dry spell ( not anywhere near our place though thank goodness ). You have them there during winter too?

I'm glad that it didn't come to your side of the hill!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the fire stayed where it was, too! As is our neighbor whose house is much closer, I'm sure.

In the winter, all the dry grasses and underbrush can easily catch fire, especially after a windy day has melted the snow and dried everything off. We've had a lot of "high fire danger" warnings this winter especially, because it's been a very windy one, and the snow cover here doesn't last much longer than a few days (our area is far enough south that we rarely get snow cover that lasts all winter).

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Hooray for canon confirmation!

Hehe, a drabble does indeed seem a fitting cut of the winnings. *bg* (And yiiiikes, clad to hear the fire's contained now! That can be scary stuff.)

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Considering her bet was such a small one it wouldn't have come close to covering Halbarad's jewelry order, I didn't want cash, so I suggested payment with drabble. *g* I'm very satisfied. :DDD

And yiiiikes perfectly describes how I felt yesterday afternoon as I kept an eye on that smoke! Unlike up where you live, we don't have solid snow cover all winter, so fires are always a possibility, especially on high wind days. Which we've had a LOT of. I wonder what started this fire--probably the guy that lives downhill from it burning some trash or brush and it got out of hand. It *almost* seemed wet enough after the last sleet storm that it wouldn't have been a risk. Guess he learned otherwise!

[suzll.livejournal.com]

You are quite welcome!! Thanks again for the help in securing my victory *g*

And soooooo glad that crisis was averted re: the brushfire!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Hee hee... you're welcome. It made for a good distraction from The Raging Flames of Death. (Okay, that was total hyperbole... it was a jittery situation but I wasn't packing up the car to flee.)

Today it's rainy, so if there were any lingering embers, they're out now. *whew*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

They seem to have contained it to that side of the hill, so crisis averted, yay.

Thank Goodness!

And hurrah for research skills!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

A combination of google search, various wiki sites and finally tracked down the source to the proper book did the trick. (What did we ever do before the Internet!!)

Plenty of rain today, so the fire is well and truly out. *feels grateful*

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabble, and you deserve the payment.

Very glad it was only a small fire and that it was easily contained. Fires are very scary.