...on an open fire, but actually growing higher and higher.

All four chestnuts have sprouted, shouldered their way out of the soil, and are now spreading their first true leaves.

Pax is home, and glad to be here, though still so drugged he's not too sure of much. The only good thing is that all of us have been through this before, and we all know that full recovery is just around the corner.

Here's what the chestnuts will look like in a few years—though we expect them to be a little bigger than these diminutive specimens: