We've had a couple of fires in the fireplace, just for fun. The cats like them. There is snow on the mountain - which is 3 miles east and 5000 feet (1500 meters) higher, and that is a good place for it. I think I'll go take a good book and a cuppa coffee out in the back yard and sit in the sun. Hey, gnu...there are a lot of places for sale around here. Wood stoves? Snow blowers? You can keep them! I think I'm the only person on the block who owns a snow shovel, and I've used it twice in 3 years.