Chimney-cleaning time!

Long story short: I have delayed this visit at least twice, because I tried to schedule it back in the beginning of the cold season, after the previous guy had failed to clean off the cap. But then I decided to do it myself, and it seemed to work, but as it took so long to get an appointment I didn't want to cancel, in case the chimney got blocked during the winter. So anyway, they came, and he did a great job (and apparently our chimney was about to be seriously blocked, so...)