Giggles and Grins

We have a wonderful Longwood furnace, which we can put in large logs and the house stays roasty toasty.  I was tossing in some wood one morning rather quickly as I needed to run to my next adventure, and I tossed in an odd-shaped piece and then I stopped and thought.... that was a really odd piece of wood.  We do get those, but this one did make me stop, think, and watch it burn for a minute.  Yep, somehow a big chunk of horse poo got hauled in on the sled and I just tossed it in.  It could have been part calf pie as they were around too, but what was I to do, grab it out of there.  No way.  I just laughed at myself and thought, well that's what the pioneers sometimes burned isn't it?  Luckily, the furnace is filtered so no smokey smell comes in the house.... and I didn't stick around to smell the outside smoke either.  Isch.  Oh, and yes, I was wearing gloves.  I've tossed one of those in to before.  whooops.