smoke signals

"My land is bare of chattering folk;
the clouds are low along the ridges,
and sweet's the air with curly smoke
from all my burning bridges."

Dorothy Parker

why? i don't know, but i love the sight of smoke from a chimney, especially on a still day when the smoke rises up straight as a string. i went out with my camera at sunset after putting some wood on the fire, with a blip in mind, and got lucky with the question mark.