Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

I forgot to say that we had a log burning stove installed! It's fab, really really great and has made our house a home. It's so good to see smoke coming out of the chimney and the sound of the crackling fire is just so nice.

We took bets on which dog would discover this source of heat first. Bearing in mind he was rather bald this time last year and an expert in seeking out warm radiators, Henry worked it out before the other two. He has taken to lazing in front of the fire, stretching out in pure luxury, turning over when it gets too hot to even out the warming of his lovely new fur coat.

It's also lovely when he gets up and climbs up onto the sofa with me all warm like a big leggy skinny furry hot water bottle.

Molly hasn't bothered with the fire at all and Badger seems to dislike the heat, if he spends too much time snoozing in the living room he starts to pant and goes off to lay in the kitchen on the floor - he's from outside dogs and his coat is really think and warm so he really dosen't seem to like the heat.

So the log burner is a hit with just about everyone in the house but there are one or two wee problems, caused of cause by the dogs, the have decided that it's great to have an ever changing supply of logs to chew, this is ok except they leave lots of little bits of wood about the place. They have also decided that they like to eat coal! Very odd indeed and certainly not good for the living room carpet!