Thursday, December 4, 2014

And another winter begins.


The view from the back porch yesterday afternoon.
The Hens are still laying well, I love the speckled ones.
The wood cookstove is going all the time it's great for getting the bread baked. This focaccia will be great with the pasta I'm making for dinner tonight.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Spring is finally here.

                      What driving home from town looked like far too many times this winter.



What a winter we had, I'd like to say lots of ups and downs but it was down and stayed down, down to the -30c's for days at a time. If the temperatures weren't enough it was the snow and than of course came the winds. So we had lots of snow days and movie days cuddling in the house, but it left us desperately low on fire wood and the list of jobs we were going to do this winter is still pretty full. I'm sure we went the only ones those it was a brutal winter in a lot of places and thanks to wood heat and canning and stocking up we were able to stay comfy and warm at home most of the time. The last week or so there has finally been a change in the weather. We're seeing the sun again and warmer temperatures and the snow is finally receding, slowly but it is going. We have the Maple trees tapped and once again the sap is flowing, OK well slowly dripping but hey we'll take it.

Monday, January 20, 2014

We're back.

Wow it's been 7 months since my last post. I started out with the best of intentions and than we had some unexpected family issues come up (don't we all), and it just seem to take the life out of us. It took awhile to bounce back, but we're here now and feeling great and ready to take on a New Year! Soon we'll be tapping trees for maple syrup as well as starting seeds and cutting next years firewood. On to bigger and better things.