the real me – Muddy Boots, Old Houses and The Farm

Old Houses – tea+sweets

I started to collect China cup and saucers quite a few years ago after having tea at Rusty’s grandma’s place. It was insane the variety and amount of beautiful tea cups she had in her dining room cabinet. Knowing how much I appreciated them I started to get them as gifts from her for birthdaysContinue reading “Old Houses – tea+sweets”

Letters – October 3, 2023

Hello everyone, Its been a beautiful week. The weather has been good and we seem to have some blue skies. We have been steadily working on projects, one of them is the new board and batten siding. Earlier this year we put new windows in the master bedroom and basically finished the master to theContinue reading “Letters – October 3, 2023”

Old Houses – project time

I love working on little things that when they start you aren’t 100% sure how it’s gonna go, but as you follow through it turns out beautifully. Case in point, a couple antique pieces we picked up for the the house. We didn’t know for sure what room they would go in, what the bestContinue reading “Old Houses – project time”

Muddy Boots – I miss my auntie♡

My mom was the youngest of 5, she had 3 sisters and one brother, Else, Annie, Ellie and Ernst. She grew up in Germany and was around the age of 7 during World War 2, which was a very scary time for those who did not agree with the government at the time. She andContinue reading “Muddy Boots – I miss my auntie♡”

Letters from the old manse – August 27th

It’s been a nice steady week. Not too busy and definitely not lazy. I worked out in the raised bed garden area for several days this past week. Sometimes your garden can get the best of you and with all the rain, those terribly fast growing prolific weeds just don’t stop growing and multiplying. SoContinue reading “Letters from the old manse – August 27th”

Letters from the old manse – Aug 20, 2023

It’s Sunday, and it is letter writing time. So how is everyone, I hope that you are all good. Just a little update on what’s going on this past week. The veggie gardens are slow going and about 3 weeks behind. But everything looks good. I got a few zucchinis and patty pans from theContinue reading “Letters from the old manse – Aug 20, 2023”

Muddy boots – The difference a year makes

This past year has had ups and down and I would say more ups then downs. We have made quite a few changes, life and reality has a way of making you look at things in a different light. Rusty hit a milestone birthday this year, 50, and it was a birthday that was onContinue reading “Muddy boots – The difference a year makes”

Muddy Boots – The Greenhouse

For anyone following our story you will now that back in September hurricane Fiona barreled through the maritmes and did substantial damage to our tiny island. In the aftermath, we had quite a few things that we had to take care of like broken windows, missing siding, damaged trees that came down our firewood logsContinue reading “Muddy Boots – The Greenhouse”

The Farm – microfarming

It has been 2 years since I farmed my microgreens. I was very sick for a while back in 2021 and it wasn’t possible to do any farming. I cleaned up the rooms downstairs and started to play around with growing microgreens, kinda like getting on a bicycle after not riding for a long time….Continue reading “The Farm – microfarming”

Muddy Boots – Trip back to Ontario

So, I know it been a while but some much life happened and it was hard keeping up. As promised this will be the first in some updates to what we did this past summer. Let’s start with finally being able to leave the island and visit family in Ontario. We took a whirlwind 4Continue reading “Muddy Boots – Trip back to Ontario”