Thread: Frost on the Pumpkin

N-i-i-i-i-i-c-e. All I have is a sucky gas fireplace...blech. I miss splitting wood, building a nice fire that burns all day and night...a nice cup of coffee, a book, 1 dog, 1 cat...quiet.

I drove up into the mountains yesterday with my dog and took some photos...we still have green among the yellow Aspens...made for some nice pics.

Now that my digital camera has drowned, I am back to shooting film which means I am back to having film processed before I can post images. Here's one from Maine last year:

Here's a young Basil on a very frosty morning three years ago:

I'm not crazy about swans but they sure did strike a pose for this shot in New Canaan, CT two years ago:

The best view in Newtown:

The same steeple from the other side:

Originally Posted by WireBeard

N-i-i-i-i-i-c-e. All I have is a sucky gas fireplace...blech. I miss splitting wood, building a nice fire that burns all day and night...a nice cup of coffee, a book, 1 dog, 1 cat...quiet.

I drove up into the mountains yesterday with my dog and took some photos...we still have green among the yellow Aspens...made for some nice pics.

So? Let's see them there pics you got.

I found some shots of Basil and Mr. Toes together in front of the wood stove. When it's hot, for the boys it's more like Wood stock. They just gather there and hang out nice nice:

Wow, Icedog, what incredible shots.

I don't have pics of Utah winter, because there's nothing to photograph but snow. (I did get some pics of Union Pacific trains in some of that snow this January, however.) I have a little hollow place in my heart that feels warm and nostalgic when I'm outside at night, with a nip in the air, the smell of pine smoke from a chimney and the sound of a 3-chime diesel locomotive sounding in the distance... Good times. If I could take a pic of that...

Originally Posted by maplemaker

Wow, Icedog, what incredible shots.

I don't have pics of Utah winter, because there's nothing to photograph but snow. (I did get some pics of Union Pacific trains in some of that snow this January, however.) I have a little hollow place in my heart that feels warm and nostalgic when I'm outside at night, with a nip in the air, the smell of pine smoke from a chimney and the sound of a 3-chime diesel locomotive sounding in the distance... Good times. If I could take a pic of that...

Hey thanks!

Does it snow in Monument Valley? I would think that'd be breathtakingly beautiful.

I hope folks aren't burning too much pine in their homes. Evergreens load up chimneys with creosote real fast.

Here's our wood for this winter. It's all oak and maple. How's that for unAmerican? We don't burn any oil

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
DON'T BURN MAPLE, SEND IT TO ME!!!!
AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!

Actually, I need a good lead on where I can get quarter-sawn rock maple. I think it's a good thing to be able to lay up a supply of heat for the winter and not have to be dependent on a monopolized or subsidized fuel. That I'm aware of, it doesn't snow in Monument Valley, but it really would look beautiful. Have you been out here to the big canyons or Cedar Breaks? I love the colors and the vast open spaces, but the pics I see occasionally (like what you have posted) show me that I'm really missing out on natural beauty with all the green and the rolling hills. New England is the only part of the U.S. I've never been sent to or visited, and I'm going to have to remedy that. Oh, and pine is what we have most of out here, so pine is what gets burnt. I wish I had a chimney in my house.