There is definitely something awesome about a middle of winter fire in the back yard. It's often a good time for a beer, too, as odd as that sounds.
I will occasionally get some large branches fall in my yard. I've been known to slice them up and make coasters out of them. I've even tried to teach myself how to carve wood and attempted carving the pieces for a chess set.
Ya I love a fire with a beer or two! Very relaxing and may have even fallen asleep in the patio chairs once or twice in my day lol.
I love picking up deadfall like that and making things out of it. Coasters and saucers are really cool to come up with and I’ve whittled many a stick in my day! I only kept one of them for a while but that eventually broke. I would love to whittle a nice hiking stick but we don’t have anywhere to put them so I don’t get to do that just yet lol. It’s a lot of fun though!