Advent calendar 10: the fire

Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four oclock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without. Thomas De Quincey in Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821) Todays image: the fire Continue reading Advent calendar 10: the fire