Toasty and tasty

Yesterday we finished installing the tubing in the ceiling of the basement that provides heat to the floor above. What a luxury to have even heat throughout the first floor! We'll be able to install the baseboards upstairs after the walls are finished, but who knows when that will be?

Last week we cooked our first meal in the dining room hearth. We roasted a chicken in the antique tin kitchen that we bought ourselves for Christmas and baked potatoes in the embers. Chicken and potatoes have never, ever tasted so good.