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”
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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 – the addition
Here’s a little YouTube video I made to compile a bunch of pictures that show the journey of the addition. Enjoy, Nessie♡
Letters from the old manse – Sept 25, 2023
Snail mail….. its been a couple weeks, we have had a few projects and stuff going so I got side tracked and nobody asked where the letter is♡ Well the first distraction was the celebration of our 26th wedding anniversary. So rightfully so we were busy enjoying each other’s company. We went to the fairContinue reading “Letters from the old manse – Sept 25, 2023”
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 – garden beds
Well, that was an awesome but tiring weekend. We got a lot accomplished, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. I started a off a few weeks ago with ordering 4 cord of 8 foot juniper logs. They got delivered on Thursday Then I ordered a load of compost soil that came in Friday.Continue reading “Muddy Boots – garden beds”
Letters from the old manse- April 26, 2023
Hello family and friends, I hope that you are all doing well. It is definitely feeling like spring these days. The daytime temperatures are increasing, the days are getting longer and we are having more sunny days. It won’t be long now and we will be out in just t-shirts and then tank shirts andContinue reading “Letters from the old manse- April 26, 2023”
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”
Letters from the old manse- April 13th
Hi family + friends, it’s been a while since I last shared with you, life in our old hohouseand life around the farm. Firstly, I have to say the weather has been absolutely beautiful for a change the week or so. Maritime qeather can be so fickle but weate certainly enjoying the sun and theContinue reading “Letters from the old manse- April 13th”
Muddy Boots, Old Houses and The Farm 