Let's see, Donna came up here in June 2009, Paul came up in March 2010. It has been so dry and windy, we did not feel safe starting a fire in our chiminea. (Back in Louisiana, we had a fire almost every weekend, two when the grandkids were with us.)

With the recent rains, and another inch Easter Sunday, and finally no wind, we felt safe enough to start a fire - even though it was this little one - in the chininea. Maybe this will be a good year and we can have more.