I turned 50 this year. What a year! It’s been a great half century! One does look at that, and think, “goodness, have I been alive for so long? I don’t feel like it!” But, one has. And one is thinking that either that means I am ‘over the hill,’ edging closer to death, or…
Dispatches From The Farm
The Snow Is Nearly Gone
The farm is nearly clear of any snow, apart from the shadows and the like. The valley is still white, especially the mountain fronts. It is cold out there, with the wind still blowing, the temperature is 39, but with the wind-chill, it is 34 by feel. The sun is shining, but in that wintery,…
First Snow, Autumn 2021
Last night the wind started, and eventually during the night the snow started to fall. By morning it was stuck to everything, and the wind was still going. The house was chilly, and wanting to be warmed up. So I went down to light the fire in the woodstove. Did I mention that the wind…
Beautiful Foggy Morning
When I rolled out of bed this fine Sunday morning, it was pretty clear rom here to the mountains. But there was a low mist visible, and I remarked to Missus that it looks almost like we have our fog back. Within half an hour or so, we did! It is one of the things…
First Burn 2021
I have the wood stove lit. It is not the first burn of the season, as we did one the other day. But that one gave us headaches, and was a good sign things were not right! So, I have cleaned the chimney, and replaced the gasket, and not I have a little wood in…
Serviced The Rain Guage
The sky has opened up, beginning yesterday and into today, so far. I realized that the rain guage was not operating, probably because it has been so long since it has had a drop of water enter it that it forgot how to operate. The water tension did not seem to break to allow the…
The Original Weather App
I am looking at the screen on my tablet and seeing that the weather information being provided by my weather station seems inaccurate when compared to the original weather app, the sky. I checked the computer, and it has got the same rain data as what has been uploaded to the internet. It shows nothing…
Woodshop Talk
Nothing beats time spent in the workshop with my eight year old, making a cabinet together that will sit in the main bathroom to hold a pack of TP at a time, ready for when the roll in use runs out. It is a pragmatic item that will have use in our home. It is…
Today’s Been Cool
With a cool day on us, I took it fairly easy today. I did a run to the dump to drop off some boxes and junk that needed to part ways with us, then ran to the store a moment. After that, it was home again, and lunch and then the girls had class and…
Picking Sticks
Missus has me working on picking sticks for her loom. That is another way of saying that she asked me for one, and I made it the way she wanted it, and now I am thinking up ideas for some other ones and figuring out what elements would improve upon the original design, and what…