Well, it's Sunday afternoon, and the three of us have just returned from a walk in our meadow.
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| Enjoying a walk today |
Today is sunny and warm. Nearly all of our snow is gone. We had a lot of snow melt last week so there are just a few ridges of snow around the edges of streets...
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| Creek flowing with meltwater |
We tried something different on New Year's Eve day. We've always felt it made more sense to begin the new year quietly and in good health, so partying has never been our choice. This year, we decided that cleaning out our paper files would be a good chore for that day. Bob always has the 31st off, so he's home to help. We were able to eliminate two recycling bins full of old warranties... It's part of starting the new year clean. We think we'll do this again next year.
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| Inventory of the seeds |
I guess you could say that the gardening season has officially begun. I inventoried our seed stock, and made out orders for new seeds. We received them last week. It will only be about five weeks before I begin my plant starts indoors.
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| Decisions, decisions. So many choices. |
The bathroom work continues. All of the old paper has been stripped off and I'm taking the trim work down to a stable layer of paint - which happens to be an interesting shade of apple green.
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| Apple green paint on skirting board |
There's a great deal of woodwork in this room (2 windows, 4 doorways, 2 doors and 12" of skirting board around the 11'x15' room). I'll be at this job for a while. Thankfully it's the last room with the original "fancy" trim work.
Bob has the extra wall and fixtures out and some of the large holes repaired. He's also made a lot more, larger holes to make access for plumbing vents and wiring.
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| Holes for plumbing vent |
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| More plumbing vent holes |
Ah, the challenges of putting plumbing into a house that was never designed for such an outlandish thing! He got his new 18" drill bit caught in a 6"x8"
oak timber. It took him two days to extract it!
While he's got so much area exposed, he's also improving the plumbing in the laundry room (which butts up behind the bathroom) and pulling a wire into the kitchen to accommodate an electric induction range we plan to get in future.
Even though we're busy, we've still taken time to do some reading by the fireside, It's so nice to sit by the stove with a good book, a cup of hot tea and to look up and see the snow falling outside.
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| One of the joys of winter and Cold Time |
I suppose that's all for now. We hope you're all getting some rest after the holiday season, and before the rigors of the warm seasons begin.
Take care and we'll be in touch at the end of next month.
Bob, Kathleen and Lunette
