Growing + Building

When I first started to hate winter at the old house

I’ve been pretty darn happy with winter this past year (‘24-’25). Being in the new house, situated on a road maintained by the town, helped considerably with that. There’s still much to do and more to plow than…

Thoughts on Mud Season

I found out a few weeks ago that the road where we built our new house is scheduled to be paved next month. Wow! That’s a nice surprise! When we bought the property we did so because it…

The (original) sauna hot room is done

I found the post below as I was searching for some other things on my old blog site. It reminded me of the excitement I had when I finally got my original sauna to the point I could…

My Snow Rig

Here’s a post from two or three years ago, when we lived out on the island in the pond, waaaayyy down a private road. People often asked then about how we dealt with getting in and out of…

A great piece of (now old) equipment

Here’s a post I wrote about a tool (well, farm implement) that works at least as well as advertised. I wrote it maybe three years ago, when we still lived out on the island in a pond. I…

I joined the 200-degree club

Here’s a post I wrote three winters ago, when it got incredibly cold and we still lived at the old house, with the old (original and still my favorite) sauna. I’m not sure I could even get the…

Ice Crocs

Here’s a post from February 2023, when we lived at our old house, way down the long, private road and out on the island. I still loved living there, then, perhaps in part because we were still enjoying…