We spent the day at the Rideau Camp. It was sunny, beautiful, and chilly, with a high of 10C. I kept the fire going, which is job of constant activity, breaking sticks into lengths and feeding them into the fire. Attila brought his chain saw and felled two dead trees, chopped them up, pulled the… Continue reading Chopping Down Trees
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The Thick Of It
We are in the thick of it now! The realtor comes tomorrow to assess the house. The cleaning isn’t done. Attila stayed up until 2:30 a.m. last night to keep working on the main floor. The cleaning still isn’t done. Yikes! How did the place get this dirty!! Wood heat requires constant cleaning, which Attila… Continue reading The Thick Of It
Cleaning the Closet
The morning coffee is still being prepared on the range, with the camping percolator. That old percolator was another yard sale scoop, many, many years ago. It is a stainless steel model, so is virtually indestructible. It is shiny at the top, and black on the bottom, from being used over campfires. It works very… Continue reading Cleaning the Closet
A Thousand Poets In His Head
Yesterday I completed the University self-study course I was taking. I did manage to 100% on most of the quizzes the first time around, and 100% on the less than perfect three of the quizzes the second time round. I learned a few new things, which is always fun! When we bought the second hand… Continue reading A Thousand Poets In His Head
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…