Burning Love

You may or may not know that we use a lot of wood to keep our house warm in the sub-zero temperatures of winter. We recently stockpiled a LOT of wood--5 cords to be precise. We borrowed a splitter and got all of it split. Then came the stacking. We had a lot of help from the kids. All went well until a wildly swinging shovel hit an unnamed girl on the hand. Don't worry though, the offense was paid back later when she inadvertently gave the guilty party a bloody nose when trying to get his foot, which was wedged tightly between two boards, out. All in all, a successful evening.

Kimberly was our photographer for the evening. I did, however, get the camera away long enough to snap one of her.



Have you ever wondered what 5 cords of split wood looks like? Now's your chance to find out.


Glade peeking up from behind a pile of unstacked wood.


Ryan raking up lots of birch bark that fell off when we were splitting. Birch bark is really good at burning. It makes great kindling.


It's already quite a bit drier than when we stacked it in late June. We're looking forward to being able to enjoy fires from this wood and some older cords that we had all winter long. Yeah for fires!