The nights are cold, as the temperature listed here, recorded at 8:00 a.m., confirms. The leaves are quickly opening to the world. We are surrounded by a green riot; every shade of imaginable green is displayed as far as the eye can see. The early morning is cool and crisp. It is the perfect time… Continue reading Yellow
Category: 2013
Oh what a beautiful morning…
Oh what a beautiful day! Attila has five of the six rows of wood stacked in the wood shed. He has been hard at it, that is a LOT of wood. However, he has only one row left to stack in the wood shed for next winter. And then… he begins to stack the following… Continue reading Oh what a beautiful morning…
Black But Not Blue
This morning I am black to the elbows. It is chimney cleaning day. This year the chimney is getting a good cleaning just a few days after the end of the heating season; after the embers have all died. The whole setup is now clean, glass and all, and ready for the curing ritual, at… Continue reading Black But Not Blue
Perfect Day
Another beautiful, perfect day: sunny, breezy, warm. Enjoyed by all, including the black flies. Actually, during the heat of the day the black flies aren’t out and about much. But in the morning, or late in the afternoon, they are fierce and hungry. I received a surprise call last night asking me to work today,… Continue reading Perfect Day
MAY!
Spring is in full force, at last. We have a short period of time now, days only, before black fly and mosquito season begins. For a few blissful days we can sit out of doors in our shirtsleeves without care. We didn’t know how precious this was the first spring we were here. We know… Continue reading MAY!