A Christmas Tree always brings cheer into my day, my evenings, and even my nights.  It is a dreary as dreary can be outside the window today.  The sky is grey, big trucks and little trucks rumble back and forth, up and down the street, just outside the front door, and it is cold and… Continue reading Blogmass Day 13: Christmas Cheer

I missed Blogmas Day 11!  Well, I was here for it, but my fingers weren’t doing the walking.  It wasn’t an eventful day, the highlight was Attila’s foray to find a Christmas Tree.  He brought home a very nice real tree.  It looked small last night, all wrapped up with twine and frozen. I do… Continue reading Blogmas Day 12: Christmas Tree

An experiment in making my own ACV from crab apples started on September 22, using the crab apples from the volunteer tree in the back yard here at Mist Cottage.  After four weeks the brew had a knock-me-out alcoholic aroma, so the liquid was strained and placed in a sterilized 1 1/2 litre mason jar,… Continue reading Blogmas Day 10: ACV

A dollar store clock was purchased for Grace the trailer, but it wasn’t left in Grace over the winter, it came home to Mist Cottage.  It was sitting in the bookcase in the living room at the time that Terra, Sunny, Sky, and Willow dropped in for a visit.  Sky took a shine to it,… Continue reading Blogmas Day 9: Downsizing

It was good news about the bill from the garage for the car maintenance!  The bill was under $100, so we are good to go there.  The new tires for the car were ordered today, but they won’t be installed for at least another week.  Hopefully Attila won’t run into too much bad weather and… Continue reading Blogmas Day 8: Herbs and Spices