This morning got off to a lucky start. Our friendly chimney sweep came buy to clear the creasote blockage that we have at the top of our chimney.. The blockage got so bad that we couldn’t keep a big fire going.. which is a big deal this time of year.. restricted use of our stove these past few days has lead to it being in the 40’s in our bedroom every morning !!!

He was able to cram his brush up our 40 foot chimney and break through the gunk that had collected on the bird screen up there.. Instant relief.. the wood stove is back to its original wonderful warmth !!!

Even better we got a hot of good luck. In Austria (and I think many other places) it’s really food luck to shake hands with a sweep. When I lived in Austria, they use to say ‘halt Die Knopfen’.. .. or ‘hold your button.. you’r supposed to hold a button on your clothing when you see a sweep go by.

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do you know of any good luck traditions related to sweeps ?

OK.. gotta run..

nite all, nite sam

-me