It is almost Spring! Along with the recent time change, the weather is acting accordingly. There are geese in migration and there are other birds showing up, though I have yet to see my first Robin of Spring. The temperatures are warming up with higher daytime highs and nights that are not nearly as cold…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
The Weather and Heating
According to an article I just saw, January was in a drought, officially, in our part of Idaho. I can confirm that anecdotally. I have not seen much new snow at all. None, really. If you were to look in our yard, you would find snow that has been there since December. Forecasts for the…
Out With the Old, Propane
It’s -2F outside right now, three in the morning. The house felt cold, so rather than try to roll over and go back to sleep, I got up to answer nature’s call and to put some wood on the fire. It was a hot bed of coals when I got to it, so I scooped…
The Many Things of Today
I got up this morning knowing I needed to get animal feed and a couple of Kilner jars because I keep buying them and filling them up before I get mayonnaise made and put into what I have bought. After my little one finished school for the day I get her shuffled out the door…
It’s Winter
Wintertime is beautiful and magical and all of that. I hide from it though. I am not an out in the cold kind of person. And try as I might, I end up shuttered up in the winters to stay warm and do inside things. But I don’t love the inside things as much as…
The First Snow That Sticks
Every year around this time we get a snowfall that puts a base down for the winter and will not vanish off again till spring. That is likely what’s falling outside right now. Our youngest and I went out to walk the dogs early this evening and it was raining, and windy, with temps that…
Emptied the Trailer
Yesterday was momentous! I got the trailer hooked up to the truck and went down to the thrift store, only to remember then that the thrift store here is not open on a Monday. I wasn’t going to waste the time or the fuel, so I went over to the salvage yard and began sorting…
December 5th, 2021
Today we wrapped presents for Christmas and cleaned up that mess. Missus was up from 5Am and took a nap after we finished. That is when things took a slightly strange turn. I went out to change the gate from the old fence panel that was on the front of the pasture across the street…
Yard Rearrangement
Today was pretty warm for the second day of December. It was so nice that I went out and worked on rearranging the garden spaces to ready them for next year. If we are staying here, we are going to change some things around. one specific change will be to put a driveway around the…
We Took Down the Listing
Yesterday I went into town and took care of several errands, such as putting in a warranty request to get the clothes dryer fixed, and picking up my larger chainsaw from the shop where it is hopefully fixed now. I also stopped in to visit the estate agent, and have him remove the listing on…