The brush ignited, sending flames through tall, dry grass toward the residences, officials said.
The wind flattened the tall dry grass next to the pillars in a dead shout that told him not a thing that would help.
He whispers to the kindling a sweet and urgent seduction, and the handfuls of dry grass and twigs piled in the stump suddenly ignite and the young fire nips at his fingertips.
There are endless places to order dry aged grass fed steaks (but not actual Kobe beef, despite what you might read on Chowhound, you simply cannot get it) or ultra-fresh spices, or great jams, but the point here is to avoid cooking.
One is so old and gaunt that the hair on his body is white, and the sweat on his chest hangs like drops of the first rains on dry blades of grass.
When the school officially opened in January 2007, groundskeepers sprayed the dry, yellow grass with green dye in preparation for the arrival of dignitaries like Mandela and celebrity friends like Diane Sawyer and Spike Lee.
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Managers said the move to Newquay would allow time for the Lands End grass runway to dry out.
Fire crews were called to the blaze on Skye at 17:10 BST on Friday and found it rapidly spreading over an area of grass and heathland due to the dry conditions.
Wildflowers encouraged by a rare recent rain brilliant red buckeye and purple larkspur peppered acres of grass, still brown from the winter dry season.
The gravel-pit is very large and wide, with grass growing round the edges at the top, and dry stringy wildflowers, purple and yellow.
The dry conditions are already presenting challenges for those growing essential crops like wheat and means there is less grass for livestock, our correspondent added.
"If you look at the dry peat beneath your feet, you will see traces of 3, 000-year-old cotton grass, " he said.
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