Life is settling again, at last. I have come to appreciate the daily and ever changing “what is”, as the powerful and perfect starting point for life, and have eliminated “what if” from my lexicon. It has been an eventful few years for me. In the winter of 2014/2015 I lived alone at Mist Cottage,… Continue reading What If…
Lazy Hazy Days of Summer
The summer heat has arrived. I enjoyed the warm-but-not-hot spring weather this year, it is what suits me best. The heat, the humidity, well, not so much. But I am comfortable, the temperature in the house is cooled by the air source heat pump. Now that the heat has arrived, and the air in the… Continue reading Lazy Hazy Days of Summer
The Garden is Growing
I think this year is the first that Attila has had the opportunity to create a full-blown vegetable garden. We have had gardens here at Mist Cottage ever since it was purchased in 2010, but renovations came first, and the five hour one-way commute slowed down any long term gardening interests, or even keeping up… Continue reading The Garden is Growing
What We Do
Thursday, June 13, 2019 The trip to the Camp allowed us the opportunity to keep abreast of ongoing issues. Issue One: Mice!After not catching any mice for many weeks, we arrived at the Camp to find the mouse trap had captured one mouse. Disappointing. This means there is still an undiscovered entry point, undiscovered by… Continue reading What We Do
Scarlet Tanager
Last weekend was perfect, the weather, the company, the place, the time. The weather was warm, sunny, and breezy. We stayed overnight at the camp for the first time in 2019. We spent a busy day. I cleaned out Winnie, while Attila felled three dead Elm trees. Winnie is open at one end, more like… Continue reading Scarlet Tanager