My second-favorite thing about winter is getting firewood in the dark. (About a dozen things contend for the coveted spot of Favorite Thing About Winter, and they alternate depending on the day.) In the wintertime when I get home I always come in, drop off my Spiderman lunch box, grab the firewood tote, and head …

And here is the new wood shed alongside the old. Together they’re about 50% full. The new woodshed is on the right side of this picture. On Saturday while the kids were hauling wood to the old shed, I was finishing up the new one, complete with tin roofing that’s full o’holes and needs patching. …

The surprising thing is, there’s another ten feet or so of wood extending out to the left of this shot. It goes behind the BGF, though, so you can’t see it all. Of COURSE I just had to go out this morning and re-stack Woodpile #5 that tumbled down last week. I figure we’ll have …