Thursday, August 13, 2020 The Cucumbers keep coming, the pickles keep getting made, over five dozen jars so far, eight were canned yesterday. As well there are two dozen jars of Zucchini-Pineapple, five were canned yesterday. And the purchases trip to the retail outlet for Wheat Berries have not been properly stored yet. Yesterday the… Continue reading In a Pickle… Literally
Month: August 2020
Living the Dream
Hot! Humid! This is not a day where I spend time on the back porch! It is comfortable here inside, thanks to the ground source heat pump. Most of our vegetable scraps are saved for making Vegetable Broth. Peels, cores, seeds, stems, all kinds of vegetative bits, that we don’t eat in our food, are… Continue reading Living the Dream
I Love Weekends!
Saturday, August 8, 2020: 10 a.m. Yesterday Attila took a day off so that we could visit the Camp. It has been some time since we were last there, the heat wave lasted all of July, making it unpleasant to be outdoors. I had been quite concerned about the bucket mouse trap in the trailer.… Continue reading I Love Weekends!
The Last Frontier
We moved here almost five years ago, funnelling the belongings that filled an 1800 square foot house into about 640 square feet. We have been renovating here at Mist Cottage since we moved in, and for five years before we moved in. The only contracted work was to dig up around the foundation to install… Continue reading The Last Frontier
Is it just me!
I have been self-isolating since February, 5 months. Then last week I had to have an ultrasound, it was not a good experience. It was my first foray into the world in a long time. Today I had to go into a retail outlet to purchase the wheat for my bread. It was my second… Continue reading Is it just me!