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Tag Archives: masonry stove
just right (mostly)
I’ve written enough blog posts now that I’m starting to worry I’m repeating myself and I may not even be aware of it. Sigh. Well, at any rate, we’re still learning how to heat the house without the convenience of … Continue reading
five fifteen, near zero, two-fer
We’re definitely two weeks out from the solstice. It isn’t pitch black by five o’clock any more. Indeed, I was outside (briefly) at 5:15 this evening and there was a decent amount of dusky light. The sun went down quickly, … Continue reading
on the stove room, cabbage, and chickens
When we moved into the house last summer, some things got deposited in rooms/closets/corners/cabinets that made sense. Some did not. Such is the nature of moving. We weren’t sure what was going to go in the “stove room” (the quasi-utility … Continue reading
74, 78, who do we appreciate?
Passive solar and the masonry stove, of course. It was 74 F in the basement by mid-afternoon. We don’t turn on the electric baseboard heaters unless we’re watching a movie so all of that heat came from passive solar. Amazing, … Continue reading
spelling lesson of the day
Whoops. It’s masonry stove, not masonary stove. Damn letter ‘a’… Now, am I enough of a grammar nerd and diehard professor to go back into old WordPress posts and correct the spelling?
the wonders of the masonry stove
We’re well into week #3 of gray weather. To avoid falling into hate-Ithaca-weather-talk, I’m going to focus on a positive during this time of the year: the masonry stove. The masonry stove is that big, brick thing that absorbs heat … Continue reading
no passive solar
We’re in a long spell of cloudy, gray weather. This is the kind of weather everyone complains about in Ithaca. And they complain that Ithaca is “always” like this. Not True. But we are having a relatively long, uninterrupted period … Continue reading
biscuit’s lesson of the day
When it’s not warm enough on the blanket*… … completely sack out r i g h t in front of the masonry stove door and lean your back against said door. Kitty bed warmer! * Notice circle of cat hair … Continue reading
the masonry stove…
… also receives a feline seal of approval. You can’t see much of the stove here, but there’s a Pennsylvania bluestone bench that goes around most of three sides. That’s what Biscuit is lying on. The bricks you can see … Continue reading
white pine farm 