Well, we noticed the first ice on the pond this morning. I took these shots with the stream at my back, looking north towards the house. What a beautiful day....brisk but beautiful! Today we made Kraft Mac&Cheese on the wood stove! I believe the list right now is: Eggs, bacon, pancakes, jiffy pop popcorn, hot dogs and now mac & cheese. Awesome. Oh yeah, we slept in a little this morning so when Christl went down to check on the fire it was 'almost' out. It was two hours later than she normally would have been down....about 8:30am The temp in the living room was 63 but by noon I had it up to 69.