Category: stories
-
Meandering Across the Countryside
This past fall our family decided to finally take a trip with just the 4 of us. Most of our vacation time up till this point is either working on large projects around the property or visiting friends and family in Ontario. We have lived in Nova Scotia for over 7 years now and still…
-
Life Goes On
Time… there never seems to be enough of it in the world. To my shock and horror, I find that it has been almost an entire year since my last blog post! It has either been too boring or too busy. Days melt into weeks that slide into months and suddenly a year has passed…
-
Spring Things
Just wanted to pop on here before we fully jump into Summer and share with you all what we have been up to…. This springs big project was to get a wood shed built before we headed to ON for vacation. The plan was to build a lean-to off the side of the container. Pete…
-
Rain
Rain pours down from the sky. It’s clearing away the remaining bits of snow that’s left on the ground. Though miserable and dreary feeling it may be, it’s a welcome change from the icy snow covered walkways. The South Shore weather has been very different this year compared to the last 5 years we have…
-
Spring is Here!
The mornings are starting to get noisy around here. Canadian geese are squawking as they make their way back. Chickadees, Yellow Finches, Jays, Cardinals, and Robin’s have started singing their songs again. As we get into May, I expect more migratory birds to arrive. Then it will really be a symphony of birds in our…
-
Walking Through Winter
January…the first month if the year. So full of promises and wonder. On the South Shore of NS, this is when the temperatures usually get cold. The colder mornings, we huddle by the fire wrapped in blankets to warm ourselves. For some reason my nose always seems to take forever to warm up. It’s on…
-
Summer Fun
The past few weeks we’ve slowed down working on the yurt. We took time to celebrate Josiah and Peter’s birthdays. It was a big one for Josiah this year… 13! We officially have a teenager in the family! Peter has also started back up working again. This mean bigger projects around here only get done…
-
We Have Power!
Big things happened this week! Pete’s brother came to help us install the solar system. In one day they mounted the solar panels and batteries, then hooked up the inverter and charge controller. By the end of the day we had the batters changing. Two days later we had them equalized and ready to take…
-
Beauty in the Woods
Today, Pete is scheduled to recieve the excavator rental. He has also planned to camp out on the property tonight in the hope of conserving fuel (because we all know its too much right now!). Together we spent the morning making sure he had everything we could think of. This will be his first experience…
-
Cutting down the hill.
Lately the days haven’t been all that eventful. We’ve partially cleaned out the container to make it easier for us to access the yurt in the back. Pete found J’s drone. This led to all sorts of experimental flights with the Osmo camera mounted on it (Video footage of the property from the sky will…
Clearly East 