Off the grid

I’m going to have very limited access to the Internet for the next six weeks so I won’t be blogging and comments are shut down.

I thought I’d leave you with a video (Via Ace of Spades). Someone set a camera up in front of his fireplace and let it run for about three hours. Every so often he pokes the fire or puts a new long on it. The fire burns nicely and the snaps and crackles are almost enough to make it feel warm. There are a couple of “click here” banners at the beginning of the video but they disappear by a minute in.

We started this running Christmas Eve; lit our seasonal candles; turned on our little, lop-sided ceramic tree; and spent a couple of hours listening to Christmas music courtesy of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:

Fireplace video

Have a very Happy New Year everyone. See you in February.

Christmas light show

I enjoy and am amazed by Christmas light shows and this one from 2010 is wonderful:

Holdman Christmas Lights

Merry Christmas, everyone.