Thankfully, we're not as cold as the midwest, but Jack Frost was busy decorating our upstairs windows last night. Dogcorner Cottage used to be a summer house. When my grandparents bought it in 1928 there was no central heat, just a fireplace and wood stoves I imagine. They had a heating system put it, but mainly, only downstairs. "Brr", you say for us now, upstairs, but we are plenty warm. We have heat rising from a large downstairs hall radiator that sends plenty of warmth upstairs to our large hallway and bedroom. They did put one small radiator upstairs in the 4th bedroom that was converted into a bathroom. When I was a child it was really nippy upstairs, but storm windows installed in the 80s blocked the drafts and we are very cozy now. We also have a lovely gas fireplace in the living room and the chimney warmth also warms the upstairs and the dining room downstairs. Raspberry is curled in her bed in front of that fire right now.
I retired from public school teaching after happily spending twenty eight years playing in Kindergarten. Now I fill my days watching cat antics, taking endless...
I remember when my father was remodeling the attic for a bedroom for my sister and I. The new windows were install but not the sill boards. And that winter I woke up a couple of mornings with snow on my bed. But hey we New Englanders are made of tough stuff.
