Put another log on the fire....

Winter is just 10 days away and the nights have officially turned cold.

The days however, are still beautiful and sunny and mild ... touch wood.

And speaking of wood ...we had a forest load of firewood delivered on the weekend ... which was stacked ... as best we could ... like a jigsaw puzzle where the pieces don't quite fit.

It was all ready for our first fire of the season.

Hubby started it up ... despite me being the fire starting pyromaniac queen of the family ... or perhaps because of it!

I quickly checked the chimney to make sure it was smoking hot ... and it was ...

Then the whole family settled in to enjoy the toasty ambiance ...

Master 13 was mesmerised by the radiant light ...

So was Master 15 ... sort of ...