Today here in the UK it was Samhain, Halloween, All Souls Eve, different things to different people. I'm drawn to the celebration of Samhain, the turning of the wheel. It helps me understand how things are supposed to be. It was a typical late autumn, early winter day here in Cornwall. Rain and wind, the lanes littered with leaves and fallen twigs. Not a day for outside work, no digging today.
Instead I lit the fire early. It is one of the joys of my winter, the open fire. As a small child we moved into a large old farmhouse, untouched for many years. In the huge kitchen there was a Cornish range at one end and an open fire at the other. It was nothing more than a big black hole in the wall with a mantel over but Mother made that hearth a cosy place to sit.
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I love my fireplace when it's cold too. Can't pry me away from it then. There's nothing nicer than watching flames flicker for relaxing the body and soul. Maa.
I love sitting by the fire - so warm and cozy.
Those two photos speak volumes about your post!
I love your steps, I am nearly at the stage where the jungle is cleared and I can start making plans.
I could not bear to live in a house without a fireplace,the temperature only has to drop a degree or 2 before one of us says hopefully "Is it cold enough to light a fire?" :D
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