Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2017
Aspens are turning color, and soon the wind will strip the leaves from the trees. The grass in the front yard is super dry. Hard to believe, but it will be green again next spring when the snow melts away. Did some baking today with the last of the apples we picked from our tree. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2017
Tootsie pulled herself together. And I finished the filing this morning. Which mostly consisted of looking through the rest of the pile of papers and deciding it was all junk, except for a few things. Wow who knew it was going to be that easy. So today we’ll pull the cover off the greenhouse, pick […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2017
Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it? I wonder what it would be like, being organized. Chances are I’ll never know 🙂 Oh well. My latest knitting project. She needs to pull herself together, and I’d manage that if I could figure out for sure how all the parts fit. The pattern instructions are […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2017
Yesterday was the Autumnal Equinox, and the sun sets in line with the middle window in our sunroom instead of way off to the north. In three months it will set way off to the south. Pretty neat watching the sun’s path arc across the western horizon. A chore we’ve been pretty much dreading having […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2017
There are benefits to having a bear problem. Just ask this guy. We have a good sized black bear who simply won’t take no for an answer when it comes to the plum and pear trees next to the house. Middle of last week, Dan pissed this particular bear off by shooting him in the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2017
Walked into our bedroom to put something on the couch and surprised a black bear who was innocently standing next to the house, happily snacking on plums. He didn’t like me mentioning that he was a bear. This was the largest of the three black bears we have hanging around at the moment. He had […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 12th, 2017
Or… “What do deer and cats have in common?” Yesterday we harvested our cauliflower/broccoli Veronicas; one of which had gotten over-ripe and had gone to flowers. No worries, said I. I’ll give it to the deer to munch on because I’m sure they would love it, being a vegetable and all. So I tossed said […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2017
No pictues but thought I’d describe some interspecies communication from yesterday. A male Ruffed Grouse was standing at the end of the sidewalk closest to the garage and greenhouse, all fluffed up. Other than the display of toughness, he was standing perfectly still. We thought perhaps he was displaying to a hen, but sort of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2017
Been busy lately, reorganizing the house, buying a new bed and moving the one we had been using into the room which was formerly the birds’ room, and moving the birds into the sunroom. All of which sounds simple but entailed a lot of work and a lot of re-arranging furniture, and finding a new […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 7th, 2017
The good part of this time of year is the fruit harvest from the garden. I’ve frozen all of this to deal with later this winter. Gooseberries, pie cherries, josta berries, red and black raspberries. There are apples left on both trees at the moment. Pretty sure the chipmunks won’t bother them, but they were […]