Off The Beaten Path

Surprise! More rain. Given the fire situation in the rest of the country, I’ll take the rain, but I’m beginning to expect pairs of animals to show up in my yard looking for a cruise vacation. We’re very soggy here. Today brought another layer of sog. We were prepared for it. I slipped out last…

Hurricane season is upon us, which means we will be seeing quite a lot of rain and some wind events. Hopefully, this year we won’t have actual HURRICANES, but it is always possible. Today, we are having rain. A lot of rain. Some wind, but nothing threatening unless you’re trying to drive. Not a good…

The kiddos had a weekend with their Nana, so I had a weekend of quiet time. Unfortunately, I was sick for some of it, and it rained for the rest of it, so I didnt get any of the mowing done, which is what I had planned to do. I did get some things done,…

The big parade in Town is today. Call it a harvest festival, if you wish. Here, more often than not, Parade Weekend marks the end of summer. The school system will be back in the swing of things within a few weeks, and ‘summer break’ will be over, but the summer weather more usually ends…

When we sold a year ago spring, our hope was to find a place swiftly, close on whatever piece of property, and get the house built over the summer and fall. That is obviously not what happened. Instead, it took us three months to find and sign on a place, and then delays kept us…

Tonight, there is a meteor shower happening. Kiddos are asleep, husband has gone to bed. Even the dog and cats are settling in for the night. I am at the window, watching. It’s been raining all week and cloudy when it wasnt wet, but tonight, the sky is clear and star-studded. I’ve only been here…

It has been a wet, grey, dreary week. Lots of rain. Lots of bugs. Not a lot of motivation. I havent done much. The basic indoor chores need to be done regardless, every day. Pump water. Empty buckets. Dishes. Food. Sweeping and tidying. Feed the pets. That sort of thing. Other than a bit of…

Every so often, I have to remind myself that we havent been on the land even a year, yet. I get frustrated, because it seems we’ve accompished so LITTLE, and I have to top and take a breath and remind myself. It’s been a bit less than 11 months, and in that time we have…

Some days, life is a well-oiled machine. We have the to do list and we knock the jobs off like milk bottles at the midway and win the big prize. And then we have days like today. Days where nothing whatsoever works the way we need it to and we play whack-a-mole and catch-up and…

Monday was errands. Tuesday, we had friends over. Wednesday, we visited friends and did a few errands on the way home. Today, we’re tired. But even so, there is always laundry to do. I got two loads done over the day. Weeding and watering the garden, washing dishes, pumping water, emptying buckets. A bit of…