I love a fire.. bonfire, fireplace, whatever, as long as it is controlled, gives warmth and lightens the mood.  I have been lusting after an outdoor fireplace but due to cash flow shortages couldnt rationalize the needed purchase.  Mother of invention found me searching for an alternative in the garage full of stuff and I made a small firepit with an old brazier and some bricks.  using limbs picked up from past storms and mesquite used for smoking  meat I have been enjoying my pit!  Here, Wayde, are what I hope  gives some of that inventive eye that you asked for!  Add a nice cup of coffee, or these last few nites of  a second indian summer, a nice microbrew and it is an evening under the stars that renews the soul! 

and the final one.. a kinda spooky guy seen thru the smoke!