I fed the goat last night, of that, I am sure. He was fine. He made noises no worse than his usual, but something about him has been bothering me, and I could not put my finger on it. He seemed a little more mellow over the last few months than when we first got…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
Laser Burning Imagery
I spent time today working with the Glowforge doing some laser art on wood. I used a two-inch-thick piece of poplar that measured about 10×12 inches. I tried a few different speed and power settings before I settled on a setting that came out really good for anything that should be displayed indoors. On that…
Markets and Candlemaking
Today I made a bunch of colonial candles. I am pretty happy with the results. of 36 of them, I took four away because they gave me a little trouble coming out of the mold. It has been a couple of months since I made any colonial candles, so it was a little rough trying…
Making Candles / Come to the Markets!
Today I made a bunch of colonial candles. I am pretty happy with the results. of 36 of them, I took four away because they gave me a little trouble coming out of the mold. It has been a couple of months since I made any colonial candles, so it was a little rough trying…
Candles and Lasers
We are getting new things ready for markets. Christmas markets are coming, and I know we are registered for one, and Missus just applied to another. There will be Christmas decorations to sell, and gifts or trinkets as well. So Missus and I have both been busy getting at our seperate products. I got to…
Site Changes
I have been messing around with design tools for the website because I am not a coder. So, I bought some templates to set up the look for me. My trouble is, I wanted to either maintain the look of the site before I added helpful tools, or if I could not, then I wanted…
Halloween – First Snowfall ’24
As I type this, the woodstove is crackling to life from a small bed of coals to a lively fire intended to warm the house against the wintery cold that is starting to arrive here in the valley. There is a faint flurry of snow outside right now, and the clouds are hanging low. Everything…
Warm Woodworking Winter
I moved the Roman workbench onto the front porch yesterday so I can work on some of my projects over winter in a warm place. The shop gets cold! It gets colder in there than it is outside by a few degrees each day, and my hands sting while I work with them. The front…
Last Farmer’s Market
We went to the last Farmer’s Market of the season here in Preston. It was a fun night with all the Trick-Or treaters coming around. We also made more sales than ever before! It is not enough to live on, but we did finally feel like we fit in a little around here and are…
A Little Update
This week has been very busy off the farm! Missus has been teaching 4H classes and we have been sorting out many other things, but the big event this week was the arrival of a new grandchild! Forgive me for not giving further details, but I do want to say what is going on, and…