Thank you! Also, apologies for the tardy response.
We (the family as a whole) relied on coal for heat and it's filthy, smoky stuff. The wood can chuck out smoke, but it's not so heavy and seems to dissipate easier. Plus the smell can be quite fragrant.
We're building a new log store, which will need a lot of thinking about because of the size. We'll have to be able to rotate the wood so we use the oldest first. I didn't realise that wood deteriorates (I guess I knew, but didn't realise how much that fact would impact us!)
Life is indeed hard work. We went for a leisurely stroll in the woods and came back with trees to fell, clear, chop and split, posts to cut and bring in, possible planks to make... one stroll...
So many activities... I can imagine your daily "routines" aren't nothing to do with routine life! You have the reins of your life in your hands! Better food (grown on your backyard), better air, calm neighborhood (far away 😅), and time with your lovely animals... All you have to gave up is the commodity of having everything in a close commercial area... I never tire of reading your stories and looking at the photos. They remind me of my childhood, when I used to spend part of the summer at my grandmother's house
@xrayman thank you! I'm so pleased my posts remind you of happy times. We're making our own memories here and so far, so good!
It is probably "nothing" more pleasurable then to making our memories... the good ones, off course! Keep sharing your thoughts and photos of that little piece of heaven on Earth :)