As our kids have been in an online Academy that is state sponsored, we have some advantages, like reimbursements available for school supplies and some activities. Money to use to teach our kids is a very positive thing! But that comes at a cost to us. One is reporting to the Academy what our kids…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
Candle Making & Etc…
I have one of the crock pots full of wax and heating on the stovetop right now. The candle molds are waiting next to it. I have the wick out and ready to be cut then primed. My ten-year-old is doing her schoolwork, then she will be joining me to learn how to mold the…
Sawmill
If I were to open a business with a sawmill, I think I would be inclined to call myself “the Sleepy Sawyer.” It’s a name that makes sense. I think sawing logs is all I would do, day or night. It is a possibility, you know. I did actually put a hobby grade sawmill on…
A Passing Snow Squall in the Night
I woke up nearly at 2:00 AM last night. After tending to my personal reason for waking, I went back to bed, and checked the weather on my tablet. There were four weather alerts but two were about actual precipitation. The first was a typical winter weather advisory, and the second warned of a snow…
End of February Update.
It is definitely still winter here at the farm. We have good chances of snow for most of the coming week. Looks from the weather radar that whatever does come will likely have to form, as nothing closer to the west coast seems to be heading our way. It was warm today, though! We got…
SDR Radio & Storm
This afternoon a pair of SDR’s arrived at the farm. SDR is Software Defined Radio. It is a broad range radio receiver that uses software on the computer to operate it. It allows a graphical display of the frequencies on the radio spectrum. This gives the user a better idea of where to look in…
Scorp & Adze
I have searched high and low, the world over via the Internet to find two tools necessary to try out making a Windsor chair. They could be found few and far between, but the other day I was watching a video of Curtis Buchanan talking about chairmaking, and he mentioned a name I could not…
Record Cold
Previously our record cold temperature was -9F. It was set on New Year’s in 2019, I think. Since the weather station keeps the all-time record readily available, I cannot look up the second coldest, and third, and so on. That got bumped recently to -11. That record was set a couple of weeks ago. I…
Here Comes a Tough One
It sure was cold this morning. The temperature at 8:00AM was 15, but the wind chill had it at -2. The good news is, tomorrow morning will much colder. The forecast calls for a windchill of negative 30. We will see! But for today, preparations, preparations. I got the firewood in, and we have extra…
Two Points for Today
Two items of note for today. The first is that we are at the end of the firewood in the first half of the bunk. After I go out tonight and get more wood to bring in, I will be bringing it from the second half of the bunk. We started burning on 22nd of…