Good morning. Sitting and watching the fire in the new stove. It feels good. My wife's mother in hospice is stable now, but dependent on us for...
11f here. The new insert is keeping the furnace at bay with thermostat set at 68f. I have not pushed the new stove's capabilities yet. Just nice...
Good morning. The stove was still putting out heat from a nice bed of coals after 6 hours of burning a relatively small load of wood. It also kept...
21f here. I loaded the insert with three splits and a medium round at 9:30 PM. When I got up to check it at 3:30 the auto fan was still running on...
Will do! After two small loads it is getting pretty warm. I can already tell that I am not going to miss our open fireplace at all. Plus I...
Forgot to add I am burning some neighborhood scrounged silver maple that is nice and dry.
[ATTACH] 32f here. First fire this afternoon in our new insert that was installed yesterday. This is a Regency Hampton i2450. It is working well!
[ATTACH] First fire this afternoon. Good day everyone. I promised a picture of our new insert (Regency Hampton i2450) as soon as it was installed.
We were getting down into the single digits to teens the last week or so. We are not losing ice, but not making much either.
Good morning. Back to work. It is supposed to hit 35f here today. There are no below zero temperatures in the 10 day forecast, which is unusual...
[ATTACH] Took this little guy this morning for the pickle jar. Ice is about 12" now.
Good morning and Happy New Years!
She will be pressure canned for fish salad sandwiches and casseroles. I have good recipes for both! Sometimes I do cut them into rounds with...
Yes Mike. Northern Pike are legal by spear here November 15th through the end of the third weekend in February. It is a great way to pass some...
[ATTACH] 37" this morning.
Good morning. I am starting a stay at home vacation today through Monday. I will be starting things out by clearing the driveway of snow then...
Good morning and Merry Christmas. We have some calm cold conditions this morning at -7f and dropping.
It was 45f at 5:30 AM yesterday morning. Now is has fallen to -3f with a -20 or so windchill. I suppose we ended up with 9-10", but it is piled up...
Good Morning! [ATTACH] I was at work then at home, but wouldn't have minded riding out our blizzard like this guy! It was a balmy 45f when I...
I saw 8 pike come through the hole between 8 and 10 am. I speared two. I wanted some fish for dinner and enough for a batch of pickled fish. I...
