End of January 2026

This winter, I've gone through a lot of firewood. Burned most of the oak that I could split with an axe... Needed a handle in the maul before I could work on the elm.

New ironwood handle

This elm isn't easy to split.

I am very glad to be south of that ice storm that so much of the country is dealing with.

The hellebore are in flower.

Early daffodil

Ebony spleenwort