Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2016
Today I made an apple pie which is always a chore using gluten free pie crusts. I mutter a lot of bad words under my breath and occasionally chuck the entire mix into the garbage, but today I was feeling less frustrated so I persevered. Fortunately it always tastes good, even if the crust is […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2016
For my 60th birthday present to myself, I ordered some qiviut/silk (50/50) yarn, enough to make whatever size of lace shawl I want. I have transformed the first skein of yarn into a ball and put it in my yarn bowl. I’ll be using size 1 US needles for this project. The color is called […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 24th, 2016
People are always impressed by massive construction projects undertaken by groups of people, and lasting years. I’m beginning to think this house could qualify for that sort of designation. We had a water softener installed on Monday. Yay! As with all improvements for the house, in order to accomplish that water softener project, we had […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2016
No sign of momma, but baby has been here a while, munching on bushes. Now he or she is taking a little rest next to the sidewalk right outside the front door.
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2016
Fixed wild blueberry pancakes on the range today, using the same cast iron griddle that we use on the wood cook stove, and it works every bit as well. Just what we had been hoping for with this new range! This is the one model that Consumer Reports said had no negatives in their evaluation, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2016
For years, we’ve had a pair of Coopers Hawks nesting in the heavy woods which are immediately downhill from our house. This doesn’t please most of the other birds and small mammals who live on our property, but hawks gotta eat too. When the babies are out of the nest, it’s a riot. The adults […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 3rd, 2016
Our new gas range got delivered today, and we unpacked it from the box and discarded all the bits of cardboard, strapping tape, styrofoam, and plastic. Now it is sitting in the kitchen waiting for the guy who will convert it from natural gas to propane. He comes on Friday. So, until he gets here, […]