fire

Posted on 20/9/2009 at 10:22 - Post Comment

DUTCHWOMANABROAD

sunday september 20th 2009

preparing myself for the days with less light. today is a very nice and sunny day, but this week that was quite a bit different. tuesday i was doing a housecall as a physio and the lady i was visiting is depending mostly on a fireplace for heat in the cold season. it was raining cats and dogs outside, so we got talking about cold and the need to feel warm in the house. i offered her to get some wood inside since she has difficulty in walking. and she said no. she said she wanted to wait at least until the end of september. i, on the contrary, was ready to see flames in my woodstove. i told her i would surely lite it up that night. and i didn't need to do that. hubby and i can read each other's thoughts. when he came home from work, the first thing he did was picking up the wood basket and filling it up, and he made us a nice fire that we kept roaring also the next day. it is so lovely. maybe because i grew up in a big city with central heating, i totally enjoy the cosiness of a fire glowing and grumbling in the background of family life. i can imagine if you only have a fireplace to heat up your house, it'll kill you, always having to chop wood, keep it stacked up in a dry place, slaving to the fireplace, ecc. for me, receiving most wood in nice pieces, once in a while having to take an axe in hand to split up a log or two is charming. but having to cut down trees, chainsawing it into easier to handle pieces looses it's charm after a while. and that is such a big difference for me. in holland, where i lived, nobody had to that. but around here there are many persons who are selfsufficient in many ways. and it is a big inspiration to me to also try and be a bit less dependent on the consumer life style we live right now.