stone cold

When we found our house I was pleased it was built of the beautiful golden stone of the area. The stone lights up in the morning sun and is the perfect background for the climbing roses of summer. Our walls are unpointed so provide shelter for hundreds of sparrows every year.









English visitors often say " how lovely, a stone house cool in summer, warm in winter"  - wrong! Yes the house does stay cool in the heat of summer but in winter the stone soaks up the heat and the house really does take some heating. We do not have central heating but have electric radiators, a gas fire and our wood fire and they've all been working hard in the last few days as the temperatures have plummeted. Luckily Trevor seems to be feeling the cold more these days so I haven't got to argue as much for extra heating.

Tomorrow we have a lumberjack day planned - cutting up logs to replenish the wood pile. One saying that is true is that wood warms you twice, once when you cut it , once when you burn it.