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Windy with rain yesterday, so started up the insert with some Elm. First fire of the season. Love a fire on a cool damp day.
 
Overnight 3/4 load of maple followed by a reload of about 5 more splits of maple at 8 am kept us warm today. Gross 50/foggy/rainy day out there. Fire probably wasn't necessary but it was very relaxing and comfortable. Perk of being far ahead wood wise is you can splurge on the 50/50 days. I won't start it again until the tomorrow morning likely. Maybe before bed we'll see.

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Low in the 40’s tonight being very damp from yesterday and this mornings rains. Cherry and some pine this evening. 3/4 of a load. Nothing like a fire to warm you up and dry the air out on these nights.
 
Cleaned the chimney at home last weekend while home and had some mixed bag fires of ash and silver maple. Listening to the Packer game in front of the new Strattford II fireplace in the cabin right now. Did a scab plug to the blower from a temporary outlet to run the blower and have a little hotter fire to continue the break in. Blown in insulation was finished today, just need the furnace hooked up and running to get the house warm for the sill plate foam to go in. Seems to be heating pretty effectively with a medium sized fire and upper 40's outside.
 
Had my first "electrons" firing in the minisplit yesterday. DampRid still in the stove.
 
We had 43.4 this morning, more pine went in the Liberty. We should be switching over to hardwoods this coming Thursday or Friday the latest. We'll still have just under two face cord of pine left for the spring.
 
Chilly and wet here again this evening. Will start a fire soon, more cherry to fight off the moist air.
 
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