Absinthia's Weddinh
April 23, 2000
We brought the firefall to Absinthia's Wedding, at a lovely orchid nursary.
Unfortunately, it didn't run much since the wind was too strong...
...and then the fire department shut us down anyway...
Photos by Kiki.
I snapped a couple pics, including the fire department arrival...
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Breaking down the firefall for a party.
April 22, 2000
We broke down the firefall for a party.
Photos by Kiki.
Kiki and Scott cleaned up the Firefall for Absinthia's wedding.
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Art Krenzel visits
April 5, 2000
Art Krenzel came to the Bay Area to spend his and his daughter's vacation.
They were able to stop by and see the firefall run!
We had a great time, and even did some experiements with a mini fog machine of Scott's!
Photos by Kiki.
I didn't snap more than a handful of pics.
Too bad for Art -- his digital camera was stolen in the airport on the return trip! :..(
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Photos by Otmar Ebenhoech.
Otmar took these lovely pics!
He said to me recently [May, 2001] ''you have plenty of great photos of the
firefall. What about those nice ones with the lilies in the background?''
I said, "*what* photos with the lilies in the background??" And he said, "oh!
Those were mine! Didn't I ever send them to you??" :)
So here are his photos a little late.
Yes, they *are* really awesome photos! :)
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Photos by Ron Samuel Klatchko.
Ron snapped these lovely B&W photos!
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The firefall bites back
April 1, 2000
Kiki got a little singed around the face, but no burns or redness.
Scott and I were alone to take pictures just for us.
Unfortunately, we relaxed our guard, since there wasn't a neive audience...
The inner bubble built up too much fuel, and it got me while I was trying to keep it lit... *sigh*
I wasn't hurt at all, but it singed my hair a bit, and my eyelashes and eyebrows.
This problem has been SOLVED.
It really wasn't a big deal, no one was hurt,
but we're determined not to have this happen again
-- we now know how to prevent it --
but it's a reminder that this is still real fire!
This inner bubble problem is now pretty well solved.
Also, we adhere to our safety procedures at all times from now on.
We are determined never to have this happen again.
[As of July 2001 we have had no problems with this.]
Photos by Kiki.
We snapped a handful of pics to remember this by.
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March 18th, 2000: CMR's Full MOON party!
March 18, 2000
This was a party put on by the Cataclysmic Megasheer Ranch folks. They're cool!
Photos by CMR.
Cataclysmic Megasheer Ranch Full Moon Party!!
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Photos by Kiki.
This was an awesome party!
We ended up not running the firefall until around 11pm,
and it was so late -- and Scott didn't want to remain sober any longer :) --
so we shut down after less than an hour...
Folks still loved it, though! And we had a grand time!
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Photos by Ron Samuel Klatchko.
This a lovely B&W picture taken by the Moocat,
Ron Samuel Klatchko!
I really like this pic because it captures the essence of the firefall
as well as the ability to play in it!
Nice angle!
Note: copyright Ron Klatchko
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Experiment night
February 6, 2000
Dan Lyke and a handful of his friends [and a handful of mine] all
came over to play in the firefall for an evening!
Photos by Kiki.
I snapped picks where I had time -- my first movies too!
[I learned not to take them sideways! Oops! :-\ ]
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I made a new diverter!
January 30, 2000
I made a new diverter for the firefall.
[Unfortunately, it didn't work out very well at all...]
But I did see a lovely salamander -- my "totem animal". :)
Photos by Kiki.
Some illustrative pics of the diverter...and salamander pics. :)
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