lag b'omer: the story as it unfolds

this is going to be a breaking news post - to be updated regularly whenever there are new developments in the bonfire stakes. 

April 14:
Progress thus far

April 12:
The boys on the street asked if they can store their stockpile of wood for lag b'omer in our garden. so we said fine. Y, M & YC have now enthusiastically joined in the project. Y just came in and said 'Do we have a saw, or a hammer, or something very heavy that we could use? we have a really really big piece of wood, but we can;t break it'.