The woodpile

We got our winter wood delivered this morning. We now have an enormous woodpile stacked in the yard. I'm looking forward to lighting a fire in the evenings and cosying up on the sofa with a book. I'm not looking forward quite so much to the reason we'll be lighting a roaring fire...namely because its freezing cold outside, we've lost the feeling in our extremities and toes to frostbite!!

Stephen has wood

When we were out in the back yard we found a little visitor taking cover beneath our tarp. I don't know where he came from, but we moved him out of the way when the guys were hauling the wood into the yard in case he got trod on.

Timmy the tortoise (or turtle??)