Godt Nytår! 2012 started with a bang, well actually a potential fire in my sister's neighbour's garden. After the clock struck midnight and we had a sing-song on the street with the neighbours, we saw quite a few Chinese lanterns flying through the sky above us. We get a brainwave - there are three, still packaged, lanterns in the attic - let's send one off into the night sky to mark the beginning of 2012. The process was funny to say the least - after the first unsuccessful attempt to inflate the lantern (the paper was slightly torn), the second one looked very promising. It inflated and was moving slowly upwards and sounds of 'awww' were coming from the group. Then suddenly a gust of wind sends the lantern in the direction of my friend (narrowly escaped any accident) and heads towards the house, takes a sharp turn left, and we think it's heading up when actually it was heading down, into the neighbour's garden. At this stage all we can see is the glow of a flame. Hmmm....is something on fire. Two of the group run up to the neighbour to warn them that something is burning in their garden. However, no one is home. But in the meantime another gust of wind catches the lantern and it is freed from the garden. It sails up into the air and we're all mesmerized by it's beauty. A funny and memorable start to the year.
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