Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

Same; temps in and out also burning sugar maple.

 

Just got home from work and it's a little chilly down south. Going to get a fire going with some ash.

 

Works been wild with overnight salting ect.
Reload cycles been all wonky.
Deep cold snap for Indiana last few days
Stove room 58f on an reload

 

Yesterday’s wind was chilly. I was burning chunks of BL in the evening. Back to CO.

 

17/70 going down now to load some beech and cherry, maybe a split of locust

 

27, wind has died down but still 10-20 mph at times
BL keeping the house warm

 

13/62

Guess who didn't fire up at bedtime last evening?

 

That wind was chilly last night!

 

12 with no wind this morning. Boiler still has ash from last night, enough to last until this evening.

 

24 Sunny and clear. Got the stove rolling with sassafras, aspen and cherry earlier this morning, but have since reloaded with some monster splits of white oak. It won’t be getting above freezing here today.

 

16* this morning. High today 36*. 73* in the house oak and beech in the stove.

 

A good man I know was selling some well seasoned Ash firewood for $65/face cord. So, I went over today and bought a full cord from him and an eight foot metal firewood rack. $250. Good deal. I’ll burn this firewood mixed with some of my well seasoned Pine. Give some of my more recently processed stuff even more time to season.

 

I made it out ice fishing today with temps in the 20’s. No fish, but I did find this poor guy. Looks like he broke through last weekend and couldn’t get out.

 

30/72 cherry and sycamore going down to 20 overnight, tomorrow they are calling for some blowing snow late day.

 

26/73. Ash with a little Hackberry and a stick or 2 of Oak.
Got some cool secondary's.

 

20 wind has calmed. Black locust

 

Upper 30's tonight/upper 40's tomorrow. Doug Fir splits keeping us warm along with an occasional White oak or Madrone as they come out of the wheelbarrow in the garage.
Outside of the house there is rain and storm
But here inside we are toasty and warm
Tucked in my recliner, my feet propped up
My wife nearby with her favorite tea cup
The stove casts a glow to the ceiling above
While we sit in the quiet blessed with Light and Love

 

poor thing

 

18 white and red oak