Another evening by the fire is ahead of us. We will likely read and play Scrabble. But first, Elv is running up and down the stairs on a quest to stop a dripping faucet that has been clogging my washer drain with an ice dam. Apparently, it has become a snowmobile by now. Which is… Continue reading Monday Evening
Category: homemaking in the northwoods
The Blue Flower Days
We're in the last half of July. How quickly summer has flown by, and we've barely seen The Lake. We stopped Sunday evening to watch the waves. These harebell flowers are clinging to the rocks, their roots in a crevice, happily dancing in the breeze with the lake. Please don't notice that Elv is looking… Continue reading The Blue Flower Days
March Madness
This Saturday post requires effort. What do you do when what this blog is for is not what's taking up mental energy right now? Furthermore the thing cannot be sorted into any semblance of speakableness. Not here, for sure. Besides this, the promising clouds and breeze are meaningless and empty. No snow all winter and… Continue reading March Madness
Cook Stove Adventure
We spent a week at our cabin on vacation this fall. It is "off the grid", the cabin itself unfinished. A lovely little cook-stove called Happy Meal is our main cooking source although we do have an LP burner and even an electric frying pan if we want. We have a generator to run our… Continue reading Cook Stove Adventure
Mid-October Garden
Autumn in Wisconsin has been beautiful again this year. Warm days and plenty of color. The flowers and crops in the garden held on without a killing frost till the middle of October. Bouquets kept coming in for our table.So the girls and I spent some time enjoying the garden one afternoon. I went out… Continue reading Mid-October Garden
Is It Fall Yet?
Yesterday, after a long day of working on apple sauce, we had a nice candle lit supper of taco soup and salad. At ten when the guys got home we enjoyed Amy's warm apple pie and ice cream by the crackling fire in the living room. Yes, it is officially fall now. Hurray! Let the… Continue reading Is It Fall Yet?
What’s Happening At Home Again
Lance moved into his own house last weekend. He is pretty excited. I am posting these pictures for the part of the family away from home. I hope this helps you all to see what you wanted to see. We equipped the house with lots of quick window treatments. It seemed as though God was smiling… Continue reading What’s Happening At Home Again
Not In My Kitchen
I found this article today in one of my searches on how to create a replacement window screen. It is definitely time for lists of projects. I have spring fever.The article claims that we all have dangerous, toxic bugs hanging off the fridge door handle and everywhere else you've touched the last five minutes, in your… Continue reading Not In My Kitchen
A Chimney Fire @TheStoneHouse
It all started with a lovely warm fire in our sitting room stove this morning. Of course, Elv and I had no idea that we were creating the setting for a fire call. Just a nice morning of coffee and quiet time by the fire. … Continue reading A Chimney Fire @TheStoneHouse
Projects And Snow
Today I have been entering names and addresses into an Exel Document. I have almost 400 more to enter. There are last names like Sve, Johnson and Halstread. I found Lundgren and Olson, but no Yoders, Millers, or Hostetlers which tells its own story. I started a new Christmas doily today. I… Continue reading Projects And Snow