I've probably received 100 comments over the last few months of people reminding me that there are holes in the front wall haha well I finally got around to it. Chinking begins! Oklahoma clay is not very pretty but it is strong and the straw should also help keep everything bound together. A lot of the chinking recipes mentions adding ash to the mix and since I've been doing a lot of fires in the stove and I have a lot available I thought why not add it; although, I'll be honest I don't know if it will have any affect. I wonderful if people will question why I'm wearing gloves the whole time. Maybe it would have been easier without them but the reason I'm always wearing gloves is because I don't want the camera to get dirty so I try to keep clean hands.