Monday, October 21, 2024

Firestarter

 

No, not the movie. I watched this last week and my gosh, it was terrible.



I'm talking about me being a fire starter. I got up before dawn yesterday and got one roaring in my Solo Stove. 



It was dark and it was cold and I had a devil of a time putting my heat diffuser together but I did figure it out.




I would have loved to take advantage of all that warmth but as soon as the sun came up, the critters woke up and everyone was demanding breakfast. By the time I got back out, my fire was burned out. 





The Mister got up soon after and wanted to get Pup out for a walk before football so off we went. It looks like fall around the wetlands but if you look out my windows it's still very green.




I did pick up some big pine cones on our walk. The Mister says they make good fire starters. 




And.....I finished my autumn puzzle yesterday.




Now I can help The Mister finish his. He's recruited me to do his sky. 









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6 comments:

  1. VeraOctober 21, 2024 at 8:07 AM

    Pinecones DO make good fire starters - they are usually loaded with sap! Your puzzles look like fun.

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  2. Kim in OregonOctober 21, 2024 at 12:13 PM

    Beautiful walk!

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  3. KSDOctober 21, 2024 at 3:18 PM

    "Recruited" or "begged"? 😉

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  4. Delighted HandsOctober 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM

    Yup, that's the way it goes! the view of the wetlands is so very very beautiful!

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  5. BetsyOctober 21, 2024 at 9:06 PM

    We use pinecones all of the time for fire starters. Well, now that I think about it, that's not quite true. We used them every fire in Washington but not too many pines here. We use a lot of dry weeks/grass.
    I like your puzzle. Dennis hasn't done any of the puzzles that I gave him last Christmas so I guess that's not something I'll repeat. :-)
    Blessings and hugs,
    Betsy

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  6. WanderingcatstudioOctober 21, 2024 at 11:25 PM

    Oh man - I forgot about that movie!

    Hope you can enjoy your little stove more often. We had to turn the furnace off - summer came back yesterday - we have all the windows open and fans on since the A/Cs are out of the windows.

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