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[exile]

The Firewood Poem
Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut's only good they say,
If for logs 'tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold

Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold
But ash green or ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter's cold
But ash wet or ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.


Lady Cecelia Congreve

[Doug]

Its rentree de bois for us, cutting and splitting up the huge ash tree which we had cut down in the spring, at least we won't have to buy any this coming winter unless it gets artic.

Ah bon? Don't you season the wood for a couple of years?

Not an ash tree which has been dead for a number of years like a lot these days with the decease.huge branches started to fall off in storms.

[Bayleaf]

NE Dordogne - currently chucking it down out there! We do need it though .....

First lighting of our wood burner in the lounge last night, as that always seems to get cold quicker than the rest of the house.

[Pathca]

Very windy and going to be wet in the Allier

[Chappers51]

We had our first wet walk for a long time this morning, but we’ll need considerably more to make an impact in the garden and the ditches.

[Lori]

We've been gone for 3 weeks. Apparently there was a huge storm while we were gone. Actually took out the entire town's water system - for THREE days.. Can't imagine what it was like to go without any tap water for 3 days. No shower, no toilets flushing, no rinsing of veggies or dishwashing... I'm glad we weren't here.

Cooler here now.

At least we can walk again now that the 40 degree days seem behind us.

[basquesteve]

Brilliant its rained for two days first in months

[Veem]

It has rained today more than it hasn't and I'm very glad for it. Thank goodness everywhere is beginning to green up and grow before colder temperatures prohibit that. I wish we'd had longer between unbearably hot and 15C though. I love the temperate temps of spring and autumn.

[exile]

Well autumn has arrived.

I record the daytime high temperatures and for 20 years the first autumn day where the temperature has failed to reach double figures has frequently been in September and if not then the first half of October. This year it was on Friday - 4/11. And this morning there is snow visible on the tops as we look out westwards across the plateau. (Note west, not east where the alpine tops are shrouded in snow all year round).

[Quiksilver]

We had a bit of a blip last week, when temps dipped to 5°C at night, but overall the day temps are still high for the time of year. Long may it continue! Perhaps the powers-that-be have taken on board Macron's call for energy saving?