[AT] OT Merry Christmas! And ramble

[Gene Dotson]

    Mattias;
    That is a beautiful house and great setting. Looks like what we would 
look for to spend a vacation.
    Must be a challenge to build on that terrain. Not like here where most 
of my land is flat.

                    Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Merry Christmas! And ramble


> Larry, there is not one answer to your question. We've had similiar plans
> but noone builds like that today :-(  our house is originally built before
> the 1840's since we have one big chimney (without ladder and such) but 
> there
> are two stone walls and a bottom that is 1,5 X 2 metres. In the older days
> the fireplace was att the floor at the base but in the 1840's the
> kerosenelamp became common. Before this the only cheap source of light was
> the open fire so most people gatherred in this one room often the only
> heated room at small farms were this room/the kitchen so everybody slept
> there too. But in the 19th century most things changed since you had
> kerosene light there was no need for an open fire so people got
> woodenstoves. In this picture
> http://public.fotki.com/Duplobarbaren/home/kk.html  is a part of our
> kitchen. The bottom original wall of the chimney begins left of the 
> cupboard
> and goes all the way behind the stoves. this kitchen was probably all that
> was a long time ago. maybe a part of the room behind it existed but was 
> not
> heated during winter. http://public.fotki.com/Duplobarbaren/home/sal.html 
> The
> same wall from the other side. If you look at the outdoor pictures it's 
> the
> chimney left of the entrance but it is now higher than it originally was.
>
> Mattias
>
>
> 2007/12/25, Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Gene and Charlie thank's.
>>
>>
>> Mattias
>>
>>
>> 2007/12/25, Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>:
>> >
>> >    Mattias;
>> >
>> >    This room would be known as a pantry in our part of the world.
>> >
>> >    Merry Christmas to you and your family
>> >
>> >                    Gene
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Mattias Kessén" <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <
>> > at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 5:42 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT Merry Christmas! And ramble
>> >
>> >
>> > > It's always nice to be able to help.
>> > >
>> > > In Sweden Santa Claus arrives at Christmas Eve. Now the kids are
>> > playing
>> > > with their new toys.
>> > >
>> > > I had the pleasure of being Santa at the neigbours, it's always nice
>> > to
>> > > see
>> > > the kids excited, glad and a little frightened at the same time. All
>> > the
>> > > smells from the food, the glögg and the christmas tree. Our room 
>> > > where
>> > we
>> > > store all the food (can't find the word right now but it's a 8'X8'
>> > cold
>> > > room
>> > > in the north of our house where we store food) smells so wonderful.
>> > >
>> > > Now I've eaten leftovers as late big breakfast and feel so good (if I
>> > > don't
>> > > try to move ;-)
>> > >
>> > > Oh we discussed it the other day me and Magdalena but we couldn't
>> > > remember/didn't know, why is it called boxing day?
>> > >
>> > > Mattias