The Fireplace

[Wake]

I think one of my fondest memories in my youth is curling up close to the wood stove furnace my father installed in our old house many years ago. Every Summer he'd make me haul ass with him at a lumberwood company to gather and stack pieces of wood in a trailer, like some nightmarish game of Tetris. The extreme heat, wasps, and severity of my father's nature is what made it so tough. Forget your lunch, or didn't bring enough? Too bad. Gotta keep working for ten hours straight, climbing up high on the pile, throwing the right pieces down, then sliding down the splintery pile to go and stack wood. Strangely, those were some of the best times of my life, and am now hungry to do the same with my little ones in the future. Working to death makes you feel alive.

 

[Pogo]

A question on "climate change"...

When we get into weather too hot to sit in front of a fire, does this thread become The Waterfall?

 

[Wolfsister77]

Well, I love fires in the pit in the backyard. That's about as close as I get to a fireplace. This is close to what it looks like.

 

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A question on "climate change"...

When we get into weather too hot to sit in front of a fire, does this thread become The Waterfall?

We could have a pitfire, as Wolf suggested, or relax by candlelight, or by a campfire for those who camp.

 

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Night lounge music...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fEJrmddoRjE#t=12]Crackling Wood Burning Fireplace (HD) - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4wZs2TVaYGk#t=182]Night Lounge - Lounge Music, Instrumental Music, Easy Listening & Chill Out - LATE NIGHT MOODS - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Gracie]

 

[daws101]

[ame=http://youtu.be/bpA_5a0miWk]Roxy Music - Avalon - YouTube[/ame]
enjoy

 

[Derideo_Te]

Only ever had one house with a genuine fireplace and that was many decades ago. It lacked central heating and cooling too. So in the fall I would purchase a sack of coal and as it turned to winter I would start a small coal fire on a Friday evening. Just barely enough lumps to keep it going and I would stoke it all weekend long. On Monday the fire would die out but the residual heat would keep the house warm throughout the rest of the week.

It was a very natural kind of heat and I miss that aspect of it. There is also something satisfying about sitting next to a very low fire talking or reading. On really cold nights we would "camp out" in front of the fire.

 

[daws101]

Only ever had one house with a genuine fireplace and that was many decades ago. It lacked central heating and cooling too. So in the fall I would purchase a sack of coal and as it turned to winter I would start a small coal fire on a Friday evening. Just barely enough lumps to keep it going and I would stoke it all weekend long. On Monday the fire would die out but the residual heat would keep the house warm throughout the rest of the week.

It was a very natural kind of heat and I miss that aspect of it. There is also something satisfying about sitting next to a very low fire talking or reading. On really cold nights we would "camp out" in front of the fire.

the only place I ever lived that didn't have a fireplace was a studio apartment..
we did a lot of Hearth camping as kids too..

 

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I too owned a home with a wood-burning fireplace a number of years ago. It gives such a cozy warm sense of hearth and home and a beautiful focal point, and combined with beautiful relaxing music...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3UobtuW_Po&feature=player_detailpage]Night Lounge - Easy Listening, Chill Out, Ambient & Relax - NIGHT LOUNGE - YouTube[/ame]

 

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUBy9dNFL18&feature=player_detailpage]Night Lounge - Positive Music, Ambient & Chill Out - NIGHT MOVES - YouTube[/ame]

 

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[Statistikhengst]

Cool.......... it's playing whilst I am cleaning this am....

 

[Mertex]

Dayum....I can't believe this...it's freaking 46 degrees today....just when I was beginning to enjoy the warm weather, BAM, we get a cold blustery, windy day.....thank goodness for this place, I can warm up in here.

 

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Some very relaxing evening music:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJ3hTd2amo&feature=player_detailpage]RELAX: Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Sleep Music (Evening Stroll) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Statistikhengst]

Some very relaxing evening music:

RELAX: Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Sleep Music (Evening Stroll) - YouTube

I may just bookmark the Fireplace - wake up and listen to this cool stuff with my morning coffee.

 

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Some very relaxing evening music:

RELAX: Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Sleep Music (Evening Stroll) - YouTube

I may just bookmark the Fireplace - wake up and listen to this cool stuff with my morning coffee.

It is very beautiful and relaxing music and so conducive to any time of day. I am listening to it right now as I drink my coffee and look out at the dull dreary rainy weather we are having. Thank you for stopping in Stats.

 

[Wake]

God, I miss having a fireplace. It's that aspect of gathering your own firewood, smelling the burning firewood in the cold breeze, feeling the glowing warmth on your skin, and taking your sweet time enjoying it. Almost feels primal, like the sense of hope people felt thousands of years ago.

Just stand outside, close your eyes, and picture the very changing of the seasons. Maybe I'm just a sentimental dummy.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Some very relaxing evening music:

RELAX: Relaxing Music, Meditation Music, Sleep Music (Evening Stroll) - YouTube

I may just bookmark the Fireplace - wake up and listen to this cool stuff with my morning coffee.

It is very beautiful and relaxing music and so conducive to any time of day. I am listening to it right now as I drink my coffee and look out at the dull dreary rainy weather we are having. Thank you for stopping in Stats.

The weather here just turned quite cold for mid-April. Even the dog is looking at me like "uh, do I have to go outside??"... lol...