Local bulk tomatoes, cucumbers, and green peppers are available at our grocery store. This makes for a “now or never” opportunity for us to access affordable food. We bought 25 pounds of green peppers, and 100 pounds of tomatoes, along with two bunches of celery, and nine pounds of cooking onions. Canning season has kicked… Continue reading One Hundred Pounds of Tomatoes: Day One

Yesterday the first tomato from the garden was harvested, and was lovely in the green salad served with dinner. Today another tomato was harvested, for a salad today. Attila left early this morning to take the car in for the required maintenance schedule, to keep the warranty active. He will be gone all morning, leaving… Continue reading Our First Tomato 2024

I am writing this as Attila is basking in a tub of hot water, a hot bath is one of his favourite ways to relax. We are experiencing a heat wave, with high humidity, and very poor air quality. I’ve been staying indoors in the cooler, cleaner air, and today even Attila, who can tolerate… Continue reading How We Spend a Day in a Heat Wave

I bumped into this quote this morning. It took me on a whole new path of thought and logic, great fun! “The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”Samuel Johnson1709 – 1784 Hot today, and humid! Attila is working on the north siding today, to… Continue reading Routine

Attila has been busy all day! He is scraping peeling paint from the siding on the house, and touching up with fresh paint. There are three sides of the house to be done, he is working on the second one now, one more to go! My time is pleasantly occupied by bits of this and… Continue reading A Quenching Rain