Ice, Ice Baby - Winter in Central Portugal

As described in Winter - Wee mice meeting their demise, Winter suddenly hit (Central) Portugal, days ago.

As a result, keeping the house warm and having plenty of firewood is now a priority ( where, up till recently, we managed to make do with harvesting smaller amounts, taking down dead trees and collecting branches here and there).

It was a process of several days, going to locals to ask for it and basically being told "come back tomorrow", several times, while at least being provided, twice, with smaller amounts ( one wheelbarrow ), to not freeze to death. We also received some cabbages, a huge pumpkin and 12 eggs, straight from these people's land/homestead.

Long story short, this morning, when @clareartista and I least expected it and were actually talking about going back into town once again to ask if the firewood could/would be delivered today, Clare heard the honking of a car and we discovered that a pickup with 1.5 cubic meters of wood had arrived.

The next couple of hours, Clare and I moved the firewood from the garden up to the house ( both inside and outside ) and Clare piled it up nicely.

Right now, we are enjoying a cosy fire in a super toasty living room.

Let me leave you with a bunch of pictures that I took this morning and afternoon.

It's time to Netflix and chill.

Stay warm and cosy, wherever you are
_{unless you like the cold}