Spring Fires

While Mom was visiting we showed her some of the local scenery...
 ...in this case some tall grass prairie, but as soon as we stood there, the photographer mentioned something about ticks, and I couldn't hold still.

...which was a pretty hot scene, since it is time to burn the grass.  We were lucky and watched a neighbor burn from start to finish, which was impressive and (except for a short time of smoke on the highway) went very well, without trouble.

The fires were out in less than an hour, for about 80 acres burned.