Tea and knitting at the dining room table and candles aglow. I’ve tried several times today to watch some TV while I knit, and every time I just felt… uncomfortable. Tired of the background noise, and in need of quiet. It’s strange – I used to be the kind of…
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There’s a feeling I get when I’m surrounded by nature that I don’t get anywhere else. Sure, there are some pretty awe-inducing man-made things out there, but they can never top a gorgeous view, the scent of the woods, and the shimmer of the wind in the trees. Or a…
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I hate having multiple projects going at once. Yep, I said it. It’s overwhelming, clutter-creating, and it inevitably leaves me feeling like I’m never finishing anything. And it really doesn’t fit in with the vision I have of what I want my life to be like (which I’m still working on figuring…
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I know there’s a lot that can go wrong before the finished cider, but I can’t help but feel a little thrill watching my cider bubble away for its first ferment.
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Like father, like daughter. Except I’m going to give hard cider a shot, and maybe later some beer, rather than wine like he makes.
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Tonight we picked the last of the peppers in the garden. The plants are still trying to flower but I doubt we’ll get much more from them. I also grabbed the only good cob of corn – we have some other, smaller ones on the stalks still, but they’re not…