Corner View: Fire

In Corner View, we are finishing up a series on the classical elements of earth, water, sky, and now: fire.
(I was not part of it back with  the first two.)

 I remember burning the tips of my fingers with the short matches that come in a box with the side rough to use as a scratch/lighter.

I don't know when I wised up and began using this tool, one that is more often used to light gas barbeque grills, but I do know my fingers are grateful. :>) 

The fire glows warmly, sending out a whisp of blueberry scent

from this wax blueberry ? ?-- I'm not certain if it's intended to represent a cobbler or a muffin.

The lighter is especially handy for 'firing up' the wick in those

 lovely scented, decorative glass container candles. 

This one is a Mother's Day present from my daughter a few years back.

  I bring it out in May and grace a spot with it near where I read,

so I can savor its lilac scent and its reminder that I'm loved.

Then the best gift to fingers: using the lighter for birthday candles!

Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Addy and Dillon!

Happy Birthday to you!

Dillon, now 7,  was closest, so he blew out most of the candles,

while Addy, now 5,  was more concerned with modeling her new mermaid outfit.

Big sis Peyton looked on---her day for blowing out the candles' fire was in February,

when she turned 9.

For more views on fire,

check out Francesca's fuoriborgo.