Sugar snap peas
An orderly garden speaks to my soul. Heck, an orderly anything speaks to my soul.
Visiting hours at the vegetable jail.
Lookin' good, eh? I got to eat spinach from the garden already! Yum.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
The little things
I've had the opportunity to show off The Log House a bunch recently. Old friends I haven't seen in 20 years, new friends we have just met, friends visiting from Africa.... and sometimes I stumble upon new things up at the House that even I hadn't seen or didn't know was there!
To wit:
This is the trim board at the peak of the {cathedral} ceiling in the living room. Ta-daaa!
It seems like a very silly, simple thing to others, but I'm over-excited when I see even the smallest progress!
The Hubs texted me this picture today:
Ceiling fan!
Every little bit counts.
If you want to visit, I'm in tour guide mode and taking RSVPs. Operators are standing by.
To wit:
This is the trim board at the peak of the {cathedral} ceiling in the living room. Ta-daaa!
It seems like a very silly, simple thing to others, but I'm over-excited when I see even the smallest progress!
The Hubs texted me this picture today:
Ceiling fan!
Every little bit counts.
If you want to visit, I'm in tour guide mode and taking RSVPs. Operators are standing by.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Update
Just in case you thought we'd forgotten we were building a house....
Bob spent most of his time this morning working on the plumbing in the upstairs bathroom, and met obstacle after obstacle. Poor guy. So then he came down to QA my painting work in the kitchen. Poor guy.
It still needs a third coat, but then we're ready for the cabinets and countertops to be installed.
SQUEEEEE!
No, not a murder scene. This is the kitchen.
Bob trying to fix my crappy painting job. Hmmm. It looks orange here. In real life it's BRIGHT red.
And looks great against the exposed logs in the ceiling.
Bob spent most of his time this morning working on the plumbing in the upstairs bathroom, and met obstacle after obstacle. Poor guy. So then he came down to QA my painting work in the kitchen. Poor guy.
It still needs a third coat, but then we're ready for the cabinets and countertops to be installed.
SQUEEEEE!
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Garden Before
Here's the annual Before shots of my father's garden, taken today:
He also added several new beds outside the fence, of rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, and gladiolas. Because, you know, there was just good lawn there going to waste that could be GROWING SOMETHING. Besides grass, which apparently doesn't count.
Don't get me wrong -- I love me the fruit of Pop's garden. And we'll be well prepared when civilization ends and we need to feed ourselves.
Which reminds me -- Father's Day is coming up; better pitch in for something nice for our Patriarch if I want access to that unlimited supply of tomatoes.
The Girl and Grandma take a tour of the onions, garlic, peas, and whatnot.
Don't get me wrong -- I love me the fruit of Pop's garden. And we'll be well prepared when civilization ends and we need to feed ourselves.
Which reminds me -- Father's Day is coming up; better pitch in for something nice for our Patriarch if I want access to that unlimited supply of tomatoes.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Cousins! Cousins! Everywhere!
We had an influx of temporary agricultural workers from the South last week.
By which I mean two sets of cousins came to visit and help haul sap in from the sugarbush.
Bob's sister and family visited from Merry-land for nearly a week to celebrate Easter ... and then spent late afternoon on Sunday filling up the sap holding tanks.
While I was busy with the Easter egg hunt, The Hubs, his sister The Troll, B.I.L. Rrrrrrick and Nephew#1 trudged out to the sugarbush to empty the rapidly overflowing sap buckets into the transport pails and bring them back to the sugarhouse. Unfortunately, it started to rain between truckloads 1 and 2. They were troopers, though, and brought it all in.
FIL Jim furiously boiled the sap on Sunday and Monday and pulled off gallons of delightfully golden sweet Maple Syrup. On Monday, the family spent the day bottling
Then the cold weather swooped back in to halt sap flow just in time for Bob's cousin Sean and his two Seanlets to arrive from Virginia Beach.
Fortunately, the temps inched back up through the week and by Friday there was enough sap in the buckets to collect.
I love it when cousins come to visit.
Especially when they do the work that The Hubs usually makes me do.
BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
(anyone else want to come visit?)
By which I mean two sets of cousins came to visit and help haul sap in from the sugarbush.
Bob's sister and family visited from Merry-land for nearly a week to celebrate Easter ... and then spent late afternoon on Sunday filling up the sap holding tanks.
The Girl and her first cousins hunt for Easter eggs
While I was busy with the Easter egg hunt, The Hubs, his sister The Troll, B.I.L. Rrrrrrick and Nephew#1 trudged out to the sugarbush to empty the rapidly overflowing sap buckets into the transport pails and bring them back to the sugarhouse. Unfortunately, it started to rain between truckloads 1 and 2. They were troopers, though, and brought it all in.
*spoiler alert*
reminder of the plot of The Maple Movie
(subtitled) The sap's journey:
Tree->galvanized bucket-> 5 gallon pail -> holding tank ->
evaporator -> syrup -> filter -> bottle
FIL Jim furiously boiled the sap on Sunday and Monday and pulled off gallons of delightfully golden sweet Maple Syrup. On Monday, the family spent the day bottling
(Syrup photography courtesy of the BIL Rrrrrick)
Then the cold weather swooped back in to halt sap flow just in time for Bob's cousin Sean and his two Seanlets to arrive from Virginia Beach.
Fortunately, the temps inched back up through the week and by Friday there was enough sap in the buckets to collect.
The Girl and her second cousin Rubydoo discover a very! full! sap bucket!!
Sean and the Seanlets empty sap buckets into the 5-gallon pails to transport the sap back to the sugarhouse.
Sweet maple-y goodness. Mmmmm....
I love it when cousins come to visit.
Especially when they do the work that The Hubs usually makes me do.
BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
(anyone else want to come visit?)
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Kitchen visitation
We got to go out to the shop today to visit our in-progress kitchen cabinets and countertop! I managed to hold it in and only squeal once.
The owner, our friend Mike, showed us all the bits and pieces of our cabinetry that are being fabricated as we speak. SO. EXCITING!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Sorry -- I just couldn't hold it in anymore!
Here's our quartz countertop! Squeeee!
The owner, our friend Mike, showed us all the bits and pieces of our cabinetry that are being fabricated as we speak. SO. EXCITING!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Sorry -- I just couldn't hold it in anymore!
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