Winter

Now winter is here.  Angel & I went over to another town today to do some shopping.  The wind was blowing.  It was cold.  Not the dry, sharp cold of Northern Colorado, but the wet, raw feeling of the Pacific Northwest.  Interesting and beautiful, but you want to stay out of it as much as you can.

When we returned home and the wind continued to blow, I went outside and snapped a few shots.  This one is on the north side of our house, part way up the hill, looking east.  You can see rounds that I've stacked up for next winter.  Farther down the hill, you can see many more rounds that I'll divide into two groups: stacking for later and splitting for the wood piles up by the house.

Right now we have a fire going in the Jotul.  It's the smallest Jotul stove we could get; yet the house is so well-insulated that the main room can easily get uncomfortably warm if the Amigo gets the fire going too much -- even on a night like this.

We are truly in winter now.  Isabelle is doing her "statuesque kitty" pose by the Jotul.  She knows it's a fire and hence dangerous, but she loves the warmth and likes to be close to the stove.  

Quiet, warm and cozy inside.  Windy, blustery, winter outside.  This is a pretty darn nice rock.