My pictures today are mine. My dad 18 years ago is cutting and stacking wood, to heat the house.“I have always found what farmers and peasants thought about things much more intelligent than what scientists thought.” - Rudolph Steiner
This morning, I read a great post over at Throwback at Trapper Creek about a wood stove, the hub of her house - and it made me remember what I already remembered.. how my grandfather and dad cut wood ALL YEAR LONG just so we'd have heat.
I really encourage you to read her post. It's quite special, although it's special-ness is in its ordinary-ness, of how things were, and how things are still at places like hers and in mine (in my memory). Love and memories are preserved by working.. and working preserves love and memories. Hand in hand they go.
Hers is next in my series of 1,000 posts to read before you die. I have a feeling there's lots more great reading at her place - better grab some coffee and sit a while. By the stove.
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About eighteen years ago, my dad bought a camcorder around Thanksgiving time..we filmed everything we saw that first morning of the holiday - people waking up, people cooking breakfast - my baby son (he's 19 now) eating oatmeal - my dad outside cutting and stacking the wood.
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Shelby: I came your way by way of stacey's treasures. Looks like we have a lot in common - southern, books, music, 19-year-old sons. Both my kids are crazy for mock trial here. My daughter has the lead role as the prosecuted party this year; my son is in college now but was the lawyer for two years and loved it. -- Michele
we've just recently been attempting to move those videos over to dvd
Growing up in Oregon we cut wood all of the time. We even had a wood cook stove.
One year I decided I had enough of school & quit. Dad & I whent out into the woods cutting wood almost every day. It was hard work getting that wood out of the snow. I think he was trying to teach me a lesson, but it took awhile to sink in.
That woodcutting pic reminded me of my dad - thanks for that Shelby!
I love wood heat now and miss it when I am not home. Our main wood stove is at the center of our living area. I don't even mind getting up to a cooler house, knowing the wood stove will heat it up soon. We have another in our patio room which makes it twice as nice now. I love the picture on your blog header. The black and white dog is so cute!
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