Roasting Marshmellows

So one of the cool things about our house is that we have a little fire pit in the back yard. It's more like a circle of rocks and not so much a pit, but that didn't stop us from making a fire last night and roasting some marshmellows and making s'mores. I had some scrap wood in the basement and there were some other logs already out there, and before too long, we had a nice fire going.

Then the roasting sticks came out and the marshmellows went in the fire. Yummy! It was chilly last night, but the fire was keeping us warm. What a great way to wind down a weekend. It's the first fire we've had, and we kicked around the idea of having a fire in the winter time - making some hot chocolate and sitting around in the falling snow with a nice fire going!

Earlier, we had a great dinner, with lots of fresh greens from the small garden I planted right after we moved in. I can't believe it worked (that things actually grew), but it did. We have cilantro, dill, green beans, lettuce, mustard greens, arugala, and fennel. The green beans aren't big, but they're big enough to eat and that's what we did!

So one thing I haven't mentioned is the pigeon problem we've been having. The previous owners were clear about the bird problem, and they even listed it in the seller's disclosure statement, but not having had problems with pigeons before, I didn't really get it. Now I do. Pigeons are disgusting and sort of like flying rats. They have some favortie hang outs on our roof, mostly under the eves, where they like to perch and poop and make noise. Mostly they just poop. And it is disgusting. So I've done some research and it seems like pigeon spikes work pretty well, so I've bit the bullet and ordered some of them. I'll try to place them in some strategic places, to lesson the pigeon impact, but I doubt we'll get rid of them. I wonder where they go in the winter?