You could say it was all my fault … but there was a cougar in my garden today.
A Cougar in My Garden
Category: Homesteading
Our Adventures
Me and My Singer Sewing Machine
I’ve been looking in second hand stores for a set of small curtains to cover the shelves in the bathroom. Our bathroom is very small, and traditional drawers and doors would take up too much space to open. So curtains over the shelves would make the bathroom look a lot neater, while not using up valuable space. Problem is, I haven’t been able to find some curtains that would look good in our bathroom.
Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice has rolled around again, and this year it occurs in conjunction with a full moon.
Water, Water Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink
This line, from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, truly sums up one of the more serious problems facing the world today as a result of poor resource management and global warming.
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The Kipper Gets an Engine
Having sold the Moody Blue, we now have a little bit of money in the bank to deal with boat issues…
Landfall Day
Today, we celebrated the first anniversary of our arrival at our homestead. We decided to call it “Landfall Day”, since we arrived by boat a year ago, and landed on the shore in our little skiff, hoping that this piece of land would become our home.
Our Garden is Planted
We finally got all our gardens planted. It was tough, slow work, as the ground was full of roots – wild rose, salmonberry, thimbleberry, alder, and worst of all, English ivy. However, we now have four patches broken and seeded.
Naming the Draiocht
We’ve had the Olivia K. for nearly two months, and it’s now time to give her a new name, something that will be meaningful to us.
Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Today, I watched the Moody Blue pull away from the dock without me. I felt oddly out of place, not being aboard her as I always had in the past. As I watched 12 years (has it been that long!) of memories and adventures swing out of sight, I shed a few tears. While I know that memories are truly in my mind and not tied to physical things, it still tugs at my heartstrings to see something like that go.
A Walk on the Wild Side
We had another great low tide today, allowing us to hike the beach around the tip of Collingwood Point, and walk on the “wild side” of the narrows.