It’s So Cold Out There!
Suddenly it feels like winter. After a relatively warm fall, we're now into cold, windy days and temperatures that almost never rise above freezing. It's great soup weather... so guess what we had for...
View ArticleAnd Sure Enough, It Was
My husband and I were in the kitchen yesterday afternoon when he sudddenly looked past me out the window and said something in an odd surprised voice. I was standing right beside him, but I was sure he...
View ArticleBut I Think an Intangible Something Has Been Lost
When I was a very young child, my parents "sugared" every spring. We spent many long hours wading through the deep snow to gather the sap, and even more long hours huddled around the fire waiting while...
View ArticleReactions, Recalls, and a Red Fox Move
We took the youngest of our little dogs to the vet early last week for her routine distemper vaccination. This dog really dislikes the vet. When she was a tiny puppy, the vet had to perform a series of...
View ArticleA Very, Very Pasta Filled Day
I spent almost the entire day yesterday making pasta for the freezer. I started with four batches of extruded pasta using the fusilli die on my pasta extruder.
View ArticleIt’s Been a Long Time Coming…
It's been a long time coming, but I THINK spring is finally here. The snow is completely gone... EVERYWHERE... even in the woods!!!
View ArticleThis Month Started Without Me
I think having the flu must have affected my judgment, because for some reason yesterday I decided it would be a good time to do a general housecleaning of the site, make some format changes, upload...
View ArticleTwo Spools, Some Knots & a Short Piece of Rope
... this is the simple toy I made for them using two spools, some knots, and a short piece of rope. It helps that the spools are hard plastic and make an interesting clanking noise when they knock...
View ArticleI Hope She Didn’t Try To Eat Them…
My husband and I were clearing leaves and winter debris out of one of the hosta beds when we heard a car stop in the road just slightly past our house. A woman got out of the car and quickly walked to...
View ArticleWe Do Know It’s There
If you'd been driving past our house at the right time last night, you could have almost reached out your car window and shaken hands...
View ArticleA Credit for the Inconvenience Caused by this Order
Did the credit for "the inconvenience caused by this order" (their description) compensate for all the inconvenience this order caused? We don't think so...
View ArticleButtons, Buttons, Who’s Got the Buttons?
Usually I couldn't find the button color I was looking for or as many buttons as I needed for a particular project. And it was worse if I was in any kind of a hurry.
View ArticleLost On The Schoolbus
For some reason the school decided that day to change the afternoon kindergarten bus route without telling the parents first. This meant that instead of a quick drive home on a familiar road, my son...
View ArticleWhat Living in the Moment Means To Me
The concepts of living in the moment and appreciating the uniqueness of now can sound too weirdly complicated to be a good fit in our aggressively busy world. Society pushes us into feeling that we...
View ArticleOur Absolutely Amazing Fall
It was a strange summer. This was the year when New England gardeners learned that no amount of expertise or hard work could overcome the weeks of constant rain and too cool temperatures that began in...
View ArticlePlease… Not Just Yet!
I'm really glad that tomorrow's temperatures are supposed to be in the low sixties, so the snow (hopefully) will melt. And yes, I know winter and snow are coming... but please... not just yet!
View ArticleWhat Do YOU See?
As we approached our wooded area on Saturday morning during our daily walk, my eye was caught by something lying on the ground. From that distance I thought the something was a rather large piece of...
View ArticleToo Many Crackers Too Late At Night
I am a morning person. Saying I am not at my best or most productive at the other end of the day is more than an understatement. So guess what I was doing until nearly one this morning? Unexpectedly...
View ArticleChange Happens Really Fast Sometimes
My washer and dryer went out with a bang yesterday. LITERALLY. The washer had just begun a spin cycle when suddenly there was a loud explosive sound inside the machine, followed by a strong smell of...
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