Tuesday, September 28, 2021 I welcome Autumn weather, it is my favourite time of the year. Outside it is autumn. Inside Mist Cottage summer carries on. The air conditioning was turned off when the night time temperatures fell below 18C. Then the temperature inside Mist Cottage rose to 26C. It has now fallen to 24C.… Continue reading Autumn Thoughts
This is the Life
Yesterday I canned three 1-litre jars of tomatoes, and four and a half 500-ml jars of Cowboy Candy. And I baked bread. Today I canned six 500-ml jars of Salsa Verde, and 6 500-ml jars of Dilly Beans. All of the canning projects this weekend were fussy in their own way. The recipes require a… Continue reading This is the Life
Tumble
It seems the heat waves are finally subsiding for the summer season, they ended just as the summer came to a close. Here we are in autumn. Yesterday was the first all-day rain we have had in 2021. This kind of rain was common when I was a child, and a young woman. There is… Continue reading Tumble
I’m Sitting Down Now!
Whew! I’m sitting down now, at last. It is 7:01 p.m. I’ve been on the go, and on my feet all day long, but for five or six, five to ten minute breaks. I am tired! The good kind of tired, the kind of tired that fills you up with endorphins and calm happy thoughts.… Continue reading I’m Sitting Down Now!
Another Busy Weekend, I Love Weekends
Oh the weather, it is wonderful! The heat waves seem to have abated, and it is now comfortable to sit outside on the back porch in the afternoons. The windows are open, the breezes play through the house. I am almost, not quite but almost, grateful to hear Yippy and Yappy the little dogs locked… Continue reading Another Busy Weekend, I Love Weekends