Keeping Warm!

We woke up to a temperature of six degrees today. It hasn't gotten above freezing in over a week. I really don't mind except for when family members out working in this frigid weather.

I wanted to show you our fireplace my husband built back in 2003. He built it in our basement. We have a family room on the first floor but originally just had a basement family room. We use both. Every night we have been enjoying the fire. What I wanted to show you was my mantle. This was my husband's idea, and he is very creative. It's a tree! Actually it's a tree sliced down the middle and cut into a mantle. He then polyurethaned it and voila! A beautiful rustic mantle. He kept the bark on the outside of the one side and polyurethaned that too. That's my Bill.

Hanging below the mantle is an eagle my Dad carved. I love that! My parents had that hanging on their fireplace in their house for many years. My Dad passed away on January 18, 2005. He's always with us though and that's his pipe on top of the mantle.