We spent yesterday at the Rideau Camp. Attila alternately shovelled crushed stone, removed small debris from the large pile of logs and dead trees for me to burn, and stacked the cedar logs that he extracted from the large pile. Occasionally he would bring a few armfuls of dead branches over to the camp fire… Continue reading Winnie
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Tonic
Sometimes a change is as good as a rest. The past weekend was one of those times. On Thursday night of last week, Attila and I loaded Iris the trailer with our belongings, and hooked her up to Tank the FJ Cruiser. When Attila got home from work on Friday, it took us less than… Continue reading Tonic
Ticks
Thinking About Ticks and Lyme Disease You can treat your clothes to repel, and even kill, ticks. I knew this treated clothing would repel ticks, mosquitoes, black flies, deer flies, and just about all biting insects, but I did not know it would kill the ticks. That is good news in my book. What it… Continue reading Ticks
Tale of Two Toilets
Attila and I have just had our first real long weekend in about twenty three years. To say it felt good would be an understatement! On Friday evening we headed for the Rideau Camp to see how things were progressing there. It was beautiful, we hadn’t seen it with leaves on the trees, and we… Continue reading Tale of Two Toilets