So where did I leave you? Why yes, with a lovely family of ducks that roam around our farm but are not exactly pond friendly. Not a problem for a normal person, but that is a title I’ve never attempted to claim. The lack of swimming seemed to me a problem, my pond remaining empty and unused; desolate if you will, a shimmering pool of duck-free sadness. Of course there is really only one thing to do about that…on a…
Where to begin with this little story, I am struggling with that. Should I begin with the offer from a neighbour? The rainy night that brought the biggest rain of the summer? With the fact that I am, by birth and in my heart, an English girl and so have an achilles heel for things that remind me so powerfully of home? I suppose, in truth, I should begin by saying we started the year committed to not bringing new…
In the Kingdom of Osgoode, once more it is medieval fair time! We are so lucky to live within a few minutes of a great medieval fair that runs for a weekend each summer. This year, like last year, we attended the fair’s education day with some of our homeschool pals. learning all about medieval life. But unlike this year we didn’t attend the whole day as we were picking up Stephen from the hospital, so we just popped over…
As the summer is moving along we are certainly beginning to benefit from the bounty outside. Partly from foraging the natural plants available to us (clover for tea and plantain for salves and tinctures) and partly from the garden we’ve planted this year. Though this is our 3rd summer here, it feels like this is a first year of gardening properly. The first year we planted in a ploughed area that was quickly overtaken by weeds. Somehow we still managed…
For the last week we’ve been holding our breath, every day praying to the gods of sunshine and grass that the weather stay true; sunshine and warm breezes was what we needed, no rain for us thank you very much. We’d held off as the weather forecast told us day after day there were risks of showers or thunder storms, showers and thunder storms that never came. Day after day of beautiful sun came and went, wasted on us as…
Joining in with Amanda this week to share a single moment captured, ordinary and every day yet special and extraordinary. A moment to treasure. If you’d like to join with me please do post a link in the comments. Happy Friday!
I’m once again joining in with Heather over at her blog to chronicle what’s going on in my kitchen this week. I feel a bit like my kitchen has been neglected over the last few days, but when I look back over a few photos snapped in the early part of the week I can see there’s been plenty of activity. It’s been really busy here on the farm this week, it seems like every day there is more to…