fire
fire is so pretty. apparently cats like it too. we got our normal 6 am wake up call. it's time to feed the cats. i ignored them for a bit. but one of them managed to stow away in the bedroom when the door got closed last night. so i stumbled out of bed and into the kitchen. what's the funny sound? why does it feel so warm in here? ah well. gotta feed the starving kittehs. is the water running? is it the refrigerator? no, it's coming from over th.. ACK! the middle burner, the big one, the one we use for cooking corn on the cob and inflating hot air balloons, was going full blast. some bad cat had jumped up on the stove top and managed to land on top the burner control, pushing it down and turning it to high. seems unlikely. maybe we didn't quite get the knob turned to the off indent. then the cat wouldn't have to push it down. only turn it. hrm. pyro cat. sigh. well, at least there was no pot left on the burner. and the pilot light lit the burner. waking up to a house full of gas would be bad. but then, not waking up would be worse.