Guardian of the Flame

A warm bonjour to all readers, how are we all? Hope things are heating up back in Oz as they are certainly cooling down back here in France! From lovely mid-30 degree summer days not (too much) more than a month ago to top temperatures of 22. And that's if the sun comes out...
It's started snowing more regularly in the French Alps, and at lower altitudes.
I've cracked out the winter gear and have started layering again.
Suffice it to say it is getting cold again. It came early this year, at least that's what everyone has been assuring me (it isn't really that assuring).
After freezing off our little French behinds, we decided that it was time to light the chimney. Yay! It's a brilliant idea to have a fire in you house, in a strictly non-destructive capacity of course. Since everyone went off to work this afternoon, and I was home alone (teacher strike, don't ask), they made me Guardian of the Flame. That just means putting more logs on, but hey, we don't have a fireplace at home, so this job, this mission if you like, is something really special. Plus, in french 'Gardien du feu' is a play on words (although only for those of us who live in the number 30). 10 points to who works it out.