So Eggciting!
I’ve been a bad blogger. Like so many others I read, the late summer beauty and weather has taken me captive and kept me away from my computer keyboard. My outdoor hobby’s have rendered me completely blog blocked! I am here now though with a few updates and announcements.
First… I am extremely giddy with excitement over our newest addition to our family. In 2 weeks, I will be picking up our new…. Silver Laced Cochin henS. Thats right, I said 2. Its nicer to introduce both at the same time. I will be sure to show you pictures!
Image by keltickelton via Flickr
Also, we are very excited to have had [...]
Tour of S-wood North !
We haven’t done this in a while.. then again, we haven’t done anything new up there in a while either. But I promised Linda from HERE that I would post a walk about for her. Since we didnt go anywhere except to retrieve our eaten trail camera, I thought I would stick close to the house and show you as much as I can.
I want to explain however, our Shmoopywood is VERY wooded. Like it gets dark 2 hours earlier on our lot than anywhere else kind of wooded The lot was logged many years ago but they logged for pine so its all hardwood. In [...]
Here Comes The Sun!
Sometimes I just start writing without knowing where it goes. Others I compose the whole entire blog entry in my head in the middle of the night and upon waking I rush to the computer to document it before I forget what I wanted to tell you guys. Then there are those times that I know I want to communicate with the world but I just don’t know what to say so I just say “hey world, this is what we did today”
SO guess what kind of blog-day today is?
Today Harry and I decided to skip being responsible, stop worrying and do what we want to do. So we woke [...]
I Axed Dave to Post ;)
I have been bugging Dave (the husband, aka Harry) to help come up with some ideas for this blog. Finally he has provided me a MARVELOUS piece! He has also promised me that he will be contributing to the blog in the future!!! So look for his posts!! Thanks!
It’s not very often that I post, however once in a while I get the bug when something grabs my attention or if its possibly something that others may be interested in. Several weeks ago my Wife got two amazing documentaries… One I recall seeing MANY years ago but the overall concept had not stuck… this time however [...]
Political Departure
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I am not really a politically outspoken person. I have my opinions and I express them to Dave and that is pretty much it. I don’t like to debate politics out loud. Its just the way I am. Very rarely do I get worked up enough to mention something to anyone other than my immediate family. That being said, I think you will understand the level of frustration I felt when this was discovered.
Dave and I headed out with Tarynn to the local (to S-wood) farmers market to see if we could get some local veggies for our week’s meals. While out, I picked up [...]
Mother Nature is Patriotic!
We had a weekend up at S-wood and what a great weekend we had!! You see, here in New Hampshire, it has been raining since… well… I can’t really remember when it started but I know its been WEEKS since we had a sunshiney day! THis weekend was sunny and gorgeous with the ‘occasional interuption’ from mother nature who felt as though she would like to exibit her patriotism and do some fireworks of her own.
Here is our flag which proudly hangs on the front of Swood when we are there, and in the background you can see Mom Nature’s show coming over the mountain.
Also, while we were there soaking [...]
Of Lessons Learned
I am going to tell you a story. Currently this story has no end, because its an ongoing story but I will be sure to fill you in as things move along.
I will begin my story with explaining that I am learning alot about myself in the process of becoming more “self sufficient”. One of the things I have learned is that I am pretty strong, but I am extremely stubborn. I do not necessarily jump into things but I engross myself completely in the research and when I think I “got it” then I go for it. Last weekend is an example of that.
Since beginning the chicken thing, I [...]
2009 wish list!
So many exciting things are starting to happen and I cannot wait! We did NOT get up to the cabin as hoped this weekend. Sometimes life gets in the way I’ll tell ya! Anyway I did promise to give you a glimpse into the spring though with what our plans for 2009 are. We have so many hopes and wishes for this year!One of the more exciting things is that we will be planting a ‘trial’ garden up there. Dave is working (in his head rmember) on a way to automatically irrigate the garden and “critter proof” it as best as he can.
We are also planning on adding onto the [...]
Departure
I am going to depart from the normal update to just reflect for a moment. You can either read process and consider, or you can X out.
THe last 7 days my beautiful 15 year old daughter has spent countless hours on the creation of some rather beautiful (in my opinion) Hemp jewelry. Her purpose in this is to help the Great Dane Rescue that her mother spends so much time taking care of and working for. We have a meet and greet on 9/6 and we have been banging our heads against the wall trying to find something to give people when they make a donation. This is hopefully to [...]
Real People, Real Problems, Really Great place!
Off to cabin we go tomorrow (collective “yay”). The days are growing shorter and the nights are growing colder and our days are numbered. So now begins our crunchtime if we want to spend any time at all up there this winter. The wood stove is sufficient to keep us warm at night in the cold but it takes a good 6-8 hours to bring the cabin to a temperature that is comfortable. Then we have to deal with the driveway that is at a very steep incline. This driveway with 2 + inches of snow is impossible to pass and unfortunately with the street plow there is no where [...]
