Around Home 2026

February 2026

This page links to 2 different photo albums.

Our house had a wood stove that we never used, and a lovely stone fireplace that we could barely even see because it was obstructed by so many plants. So we decided to get rid of the wood stove and put in a gas fireplace insert. Click here or on the picture below to see an album of the process of putting in the fireplace insert, plus of the finished scene.

February 2026

We were fortunate that the fireplace was installed when it was, because after that we got a series of snowstorms. The biggest of those was indeed a blizzard. Click here or on the picture below for an album of pictures of the blizzard aftermath (spoiler: 32 inches of snow). Not a lot of commentary against the pictures, but a few comments here and there.

May 2026

While doing the install of our gas fireplace insert, the chimney sweep told us that the repairs we were hoping he could do required a higher skill level in masonry than he has. So after the weather warmed, mason Joe Fleurent came and did some repairs.

Updated July 2026