We have a DVD and can watch an open fire on TV screen until the ashes. The strangest thing is that our visitors pretend the room is warmer when this "fire" is on, lol ! BTW Blogger doesn't like gifs !
i rarely load any pics thru blogger I use photobucket. I write entire posts with pics in windows live writer and then one click button puts it on blogspot! :o)
I've never tried uploading animated ones, but if you upload directly to Picasa (which is where Blogger stores its stuff) and then just paste the URL from the image into your post it works with any other kind of image. I don't upload from my desktop to Blogger ever. But I've never had a problem getting an image to post that I uploaded to Picasa -- no matter what the Google people tell ya.
I love how your fire even flickers in the picture! Do you have "spare the air days" like we do? (where no fires are allowed) Stay warm and cozy! xo
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I tried to comment on this pic last week, but couldn't access the post (it showed up in my reader). I love a good fire--in our fireplace our outside in our fire bowl. Makes the world seem right.
When there is an inversion and the fog rolls into a shivery valley it is both dangerous and breathtaking. Walking on the gravelly path seems stable, but even the small twigs that stick up around the edges grab onto the moisture and create little artistic ice crystals. a male house finch adds a spot of color! After a few days of this wintery chill, a warm Chinook wind blew in. It was probably pushed ahead of what the weatherman called an "atmospheric river" which drenched the west siders way beyond seasonal norms. It is forecast that Christmas will be warm and no white stuff falling. At least not here. **** May there be moments of peace and hope in your hearts as you celebrate this holiday. Hug each other. Feed the birds ****
Our Fun Monday Host this week is Molly, Return of the White Robin . She requested that we share a fond memory of childhood and some pictures. There are very few pictures of my childhood. There are, however, many memories. Little snippets of sounds and smells raced through my mind today as I tried to find a trail to follow. I jotted down many that I hoped would provide me with an idea for today's assignment. Then, I realized that these little bits and pieces are part of the jig saw puzzle of me -- of who I am. You don't have to put them together, but I think you'll see the picture. Childhood Memories The chorus of frogs from the pond in the lower pasture that lulled us to sleep on warm summer nights. Catching polliwogs in the creek that disappeared several pastures over into a foliage camouflaged ravine. The distinct sweet smell of new born kittens inside a barrel in the fruit house The hunt for the elusive Tiger Lily in the open fields, and the pungent s...
The mouse business began last month when a bad aroma began to annoy me. I nervously checked the compost crock and the garbage can and even peeked in the oven to see if a piece of meat had been left to die there. My nose finally led me under the sink to a forgotten mouse trap. Sure enough, there was a little furry creature ripening under the hot water pipe. Gag me. The snare and its little feast of long dried up peanut butter had been prepared several month previous; set by WR in response to my reminders (nagging) that we needed to be prepared for the winter mouse invasion. I'd left the primed trap alone, acknowledging each time I noticed it with careful avoidance. After our catch, we were once again aware that the field mice had found shelter under the house. And, that at least one had squeezed through the small opening around the kitchen pipes into the warm cabinet under the sink. WR set another trap with fresh peanut butter. Now I am paranoid. I keep hearing things: Paper...
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I always tell people that I balance amazing cooking with indifferent housekeeping.. and that Vacuuming is BAD for your soul...
hehehehe dust is really a protective coating you know..
cheers Kim
BTW Blogger doesn't like gifs !
Bobbie
Stay warm and cozy!
xo
BTW, the video is back up at my place...so come by if you get a chance!
Hugs and blessings,
:)