A New Wood Furnace

We finally decided to install a wood furnace this year.  We have enough wood available to us that it just didn't make sense to keep paying for oil if we didn't have to.  So about two weeks ago Whit prepared an area and we poured a concrete pad for it.

The next project was to dig the trench and install the plumbing and wiring for it.

It was a dirty job, as you can see.  The trench was about 5 feet deep.  Those first few steps out the door to hang my laundry were a real toughie.  I had to jump over the trench near the house, where  it was narrowest, and walk around behind the dirt pile to get to my clothesline.  Well, yes, I did have to do the laundry this particular day for the same reason he was digging trenches across my backyard.  It was the only sunny one in the near future.  And yes, I did get in the trench (and in the basement, and I even stood on my head to reach piping from inside the wood furnace as Whit stuffed it up from the trench.)  I was more helpful than just taking pictures.

The day before this, TBear, Sunny, and I went apple-picking in the rain with my sister; well, it wasn't raining when we went, but it had been raining all day.  Anyway, I made an apple pie after I helped play work in the dirt, but nobody ate it after I left that evening because they didn't pay attention when I told them it was for them.  Just sayin'.  The local apple festival was last weekend, in between the wood furnace jobs.  I'll share some pictures about that next time.

Hanging Around

I was going through the pictures I took last month, and thought you might like these.  Grandson Sonny spent the night with us about a week ago.  TBear is good about practicing his violin daily, and Sonny loves to sit and listen...or play something too.  Usually he accompanies TBear on the piano, but this time he discovered the banjo.  Oh, man, was that a treat!  He fell in love with it, but it was too big to hold so TBear set him up on the chair with the banjo across his lap and the two of them practiced fiddle tunes together.  :)

 Marissa and Jake came to pick Sonny up the next day.  After hanging around with us for a little while, they got into the big, red truck and left. 

 

However, Sonny is coming to visit again tomorrow, and I can't wait! :)