May Day
I think I’m going to try blogging in the mornings from now on. I have typically written my posts in the evening before going to bed, as that’s when I usually have the most time and energy, but lately I’m too tired to do much …
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Made ya look!
Guess what I spotted while I was out planting my potatoes the other day… No, this doesn’t belong to a naughty garden gnome. It’s actually a rather peculiar shaped Russian Fingerling seed potato, but (or should I say “butt”) it gave my husband and I …
Organics, etc.
I’ve been feeling like I should clarify what I was trying to say in my previous post, which actually started out as a much longer, more involved post that I never seemed able to finish because it had become too large and unwieldy. Since I …
Rising Food Costs and Shrinking Budgets
Hello out there! Obviously I haven’t quite gotten a handle on my recent bout of blogging laziness, but I’ve been feeling a little more inspired lately and am hoping to stage a comeback. I may do occasional updates on the house, but for now, I …
How is it already December??!!
This month seems to have snuck up on me. It feels like we’ve only just moved into our house, but we’ve been here for 5 1/2 months already! How can that be? I’m not even remotely ready for Christmas, and I see on my computer’s …
First Fire
Well, I guess that’s it, summer’s over. We hooked the wood stove up to the chimney today and enjoyed our first fire!Those of you who have been around here for a while might recognize our lovely Jotul stove, which we were careful to remove from the …
Do a Happy Dance
I got this video through an email list that I’m on, and it’s so great that I just had to share it. Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
Things that go “bump” in the night.
Just a quick post today so I don’t fall out of practice. I just had to share a photo of the beetle that my husband found wandering in our crawlspace the other night (I don’t even want to think about how it got in there). …
Playing Catch-Up
First off, thank you for all of your kind words of support and encouragement! I loved hearing about others who have lived or are currently living a similar kind of live/work arrangement. So, as promised, here are a few photos to show you what we’ve …