Over the past ten years I have collected a fair amount of cast iron. Today’s acquisition is spectacular, however! The cauldron arrived unseasonably and was the silver grey color of…
Author: The Lord of The Manor
So Nearly Spring!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…