fire

i love outdoor fires. this evening we're expecting a frost, so ed set up a wood stove in our large greenhouse, where all our frost tender seedlings are (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, cucumbers). we have to keep the temp above freezing in there, and around 40F would be even better. i hope the stove works.
 but, in any case, we had a nice time hanging out there tonight, with the kids and the cat, and the vegetables, all nice and warm by the fire.

there's something about fire that really draws me in. and i've been lucky enough to experience lots of fire lately. at the sweatlodge, which i've been attending with aiyana every other week; and at our house. we have an old wood cookstove outside that i sometimes cook on. i love that thing. it smells so good when i light a fire in there, and that combined with the fresh air and the feeling of being outside is just really nice.

i'd love to fall asleep one night, wrapped in a blanket by the fire, in the cool air of the night with the sounds of the forest in the background. maybe sometime soon....

peace