Enjoying a Warm Fire

Tonight we made our first fire of the winter season. Of course, it qualifies as the first fall fire, too, since we haven't built a fire since last year. So, we're enjoying the crackling sound and earthy smell of our real wood fire. We had leftover soup tonight with more of the bread and some Cabernet that mom bought us on her last visit down here. We felt like it had a smoky finish (Smoking Loon, perhaps the origin of the name?) but then again we were pretty close to the fire. Praying Charles sleeps better tonight. He's given us two full nights of sleep in the past month. I'm not sure if he needs extra food or extra comfort at this stage, maybe a little bit of both. Either way, we need wisdom in dealing with his frequent night wake-ups that have kept both of us pretty tired during the day. That's about it for now! John is cleaning up the last bit of the kitchen before we head to bed.