yesterday believe cali

Our neighbor when I was a kid had a wood burning stove

But I'm pretty old

interesting....why the hop....or is that normal

Funny, I remember HER stove, but not ours

my grand parents used theier wood stove right up to the mid 70's

house always had that wood smell

@Gailm I remember my neighbor stove(s) also, they had two wood burners. TANKS. One was beautifully converted to gas. Those were pieces of art.

grama would be up at 5 getting the stove started to cook breakfast/coffee

that is so cool

i often think about what it was like to have infants back then, man that must have been some hard work

welp you didn't have a how to book

make sure you have shelter, clothing , cloth diapers, water always there to keep your infant clean so it wouldn't get rashes or skin diseases

brb

lol true @woodsracer544

Yes, Gramma would be up early getting her stove started, too

yessss @Gailm

Now I remember she had one before she moved

who would have the tools and strength to chop that wood lol

them books just fubarr you now a days.....

When she moved into a different house, they had to clear out the bees

from the attic

and from the wood shed

They were honey bees

you would have to build a forge start a fire , mine for ore , wow just all that mess to make an axe

We had lots of honey

them old wood kitchen stoves are gold mines.....big dollar......cabin kitchen

life is a fight....fighting is living

reason farmers farm....they relish the fight

"who would have the tools and strength to chop that wood lol" .... me... I have a 8 cord pile I am working on now actually! @Zyrenn

plus about 5 cut and split....

hahahahahah @ColdBrewedFreedom

sorry, my phone rang

@ColdBrewedFreedom neighbor has hydralic splitter......i still swing a splitter....i enjoy it.....

@ColdBrewedFreedom i tried chopping wood and my aim is horrible

The wood I have, you'd never get through it with a maul... need the splitter!

he thinks i'm nutz....maybe so......

i would definitely die from hypothermia in the winter

gnarly birch and maple... some of the oak would split by hand...

i have the power behind the swing, but my aim is horrible

hell of a lot of work, but when it's 20 below zero out and that stove is cranking it's nice... plus it all come off the property so no real cost to me...