My Way of Living [01/03/17] 

  • You kids stay off the front lawn!

    When I was young we grew up in what we considered at the time “the country.” Now we know it was just an idyllic, and rural acreage. With it’s well water, ponds, ducks, and neighbours almost out of hearing distance it felt like the country to these former suburbanites. Living in the “almost” country snow belt we seemed to get a lit…

  • Block heaters, and hand warmers

    If you live in a cold climate you are most likely familiar with block heaters. And then again, you probably also have a stash of hand warmers somewhere. I know that they are becoming some of my most treasured possessions. Well… along with heated seats, but we don’t have those… yet. Lurking outside the unheated storage locker the m…

  • Who let the dogs out?

    The farm dogscame and spent a few nights with us at our house along with our cat Bootsie and all was calm at least until the fireworks went off at midnight. Guess the dogs don’t hear them up at the farm, because Charlie the dog decided they bothered her enough to break out of her “area” and she spent the rest of the night at the b…