Actually, I even love all the things to do with making fires. I enjoy collecting the kindling in our mini-wood and putting it in the shed to dry. Admitedly I don't saw and chop the logs. I love cleaning out the fire and making it all tidy then setting another one ready for when we need it. I love putting a match to it and watching it all catch and start to burn. I love putting the wood ash around our apple trees or in the chickens' dust-bath. And one of the things that really says "Home" to me is going for a walk on a cold and frosty or snowy day and as I walk towards home again, seeing a plume of smoke coming from our chimney.

Love Lynne