It's coming. It is welcome. The coolness of  fall...winter. It was about 48 degrees this morning-to be about 42 Wednesday morning. I fired up the wood stove this for a test run and to burn off old paint while it's still warm enough to have windows and doors open. The stove and chimney seemed to operate just fine. I wiped the used pipe and stove down with grape seed oil while things were good and warm. In the 2nd picture you can see the St. Lou alley find tongue and groove pine I used on the front of the 2 lower "steps". The lower one makes a nice seat. Time for new projects now.