Fighting the cold

With the coming of autumn, the temperature inside and outside the house has dropped considerably. Presently we have neither insulation, nor adequate heating system in place, but yet sleep in the house during our work weekends. How can we survive?


We activated one of the fire places in the main room, called irori that I mentioned previously in "Hidden Secrets revealed". While it looks cozy and burns pretty good, it doesn't actually give off much heat and most of that goes up into the air. But as our only heatsource, we can survive by sitting close enough to it.



We also used a table bar-b-q called conro, both for additional heat and for cooking. A tasty cheese and ham omlette in the morning gives enough energy for a days work!



Not all work is physical. Here Tomo enters details of our discussions with contractors, while sitting close for warmth. We use the conro to heat the water in the kettle, so we can also drink hot cofee. I admit its not exactly Starbucks, but very vitalising nonetheless.