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Cities & Towns > Weather > Cold Day
 

Cold Day

The other day I started writing down stuff Martin was challenging people to do -- name reasons why no one would want to live where you do (but actually reasons why you like it there) -- and this didn't get on my list, but it's a definite thing I wouldn't do in Florida:

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I can't seem to tear myself away from the back room where the fireplace is. I guess I shouldn't have wood stacked so close to it, but it's crowded here and wood is hard to move around. I think I'll be lighting a lot of fires for a while, I like it so much.

My computer back there is giving me problems again. Since all my computers now get names and little stickers so I can tell them apart, this one's name is now Brokey.

posted on Jan 17, 2016 1:28 PM ()

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never mind the fire lol-- my aircon is set for 24c low fan BLISS 39c out in the shade --so they say
comment by kevinshere on Jan 20, 2016 1:25 AM ()
Looks Cozy!
comment by jerms on Jan 18, 2016 10:52 AM ()
Absolutely. When I light the fireplace I like the whole house more.
reply by drmaus on Jan 19, 2016 9:03 AM ()
There is nothing so cozy and warm as a wood fire. It is worth all the
inevitable mess. I have the set up with the blower but we seldom need
to use it. I wish I had saved the little wood cookstove from the
lake house.
comment by elderjane on Jan 18, 2016 4:06 AM ()
Oddly, the furnace decided to break so the fire became needed for part of the day. So it was really comforting.
reply by drmaus on Jan 19, 2016 9:01 AM ()
Hah, hah! Brokey.
comment by troutbend on Jan 17, 2016 2:09 PM ()
If it learns to behave I'll change its name.
reply by drmaus on Jan 19, 2016 8:59 AM ()
That wood doesn't look too close to me - I wish wood would catch fire that easily - usually when I want a fire, I have to work at it, not drop an ember on it or wave a spark at it.
comment by troutbend on Jan 17, 2016 2:09 PM ()
This fire caught so easily everything must be terribly dry. And of course I have a big wastebasket full of accounts-burnable which helped it get started.
reply by drmaus on Jan 17, 2016 2:23 PM ()
Trust me--people have working fireplaces down here and use them---when the temperature goes under 60 degrees!!
comment by greatmartin on Jan 17, 2016 1:54 PM ()
We don't have a fireplace and the temps have been down as low as 50 overnight. We do have heat when we need it. Some neighbors have fireplaces but at least one I know of can't use it because an osprey family is nesting there. They get first dibs.
reply by tealstar on Jan 20, 2016 6:22 PM ()
Today a high of 65--tonight in the 50s--I will be smelling the wood burning fire places from across the canal and the wealthy homes!!
PS Most of the time it is in the 80s--this time of the year usually high 70s during the day and mid 60s at night
reply by greatmartin on Jan 18, 2016 1:00 PM ()
Huh, yeah I guess it does get cold there sometimes. It just seems like you're saying it's 80 every day.
reply by drmaus on Jan 17, 2016 2:22 PM ()
Best investment I made in my house was a fireplace insert. I almost passed on the blower but I figured I was spending enough already so a few bucks more didn't matter. What a mistake it would have been not to have the blower. It's been so warm (up until now) that we didn't need a fire, but I do love the constant heat it provides. What I'd really like to have is a free-standing stove that people used to cook on. If I had access to the chimney from the kitchen I'd probably do it!
comment by jjoohhnn on Jan 17, 2016 1:42 PM ()
Oh, I wish I had both, a cookstove and something to blow air from the fireplace since most of the heat I guess goes up the chimney. Soon I'm going to get a little wood-gas stove you can cook on for camping. I'll use it in the back yard.
reply by drmaus on Jan 17, 2016 2:21 PM ()
I have an old cookstove that is a small size, I guess they sold those for mountain cabins back in the 1913 era when my uncle built this house. It has been in the back garage for as long as I can remember, but I assume it works, seems to have the basics. I have no idea if it was actually used by the family to cook on, or did someone buy it at an auction or something. I would love to hook it up in my cabin-to-be built (replacing the 1910 cabin) as a sort of novelty and it could provide some heat.
reply by troutbend on Jan 17, 2016 2:06 PM ()

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