Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2009
Taking digital pictures to write a blog for the world wide web, which is typed on a wireless laptop over satellite internet while cooking breakfast on a wood cookstove, is a really neat way to start the day. And, what makes it even better is that it has been raining for a couple of hours. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2009
The fire to the northwest of us continues to create beautiful sunsets. A bit of weather moved in last night and if we get any rain out of it, the air quality will improve dramatically. We had a beautiful sunset last night but I was being lazy and just watched it instead of getting out […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2009
It’s hummingbird season, which means it is also forest fire season. There are no fires around here, but to the northwest of us there is a sizeable fire which is putting a lot of smoke in the air. As soon as it rains, (hopefully today!!!) and/or the winds turn around from another direction other than […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 2nd, 2009
May ended with a sunset typical of clear summer skies; these are not fleeting sunsets either, but ones that last for over an hour, changing hue and character as the sun sets lower below the horizon. We took advantage of this amazing weather we’ve been having recently, not too hot and not the least bit […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009
Dan said, “I have some bad news.” Since he had only been up walking around for less than five minutes, and I wasn’t awake yet, I had no idea what could have happened in that amount of time. So, there are FIVE plant predators around here, one being the most voracious of all, namely a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24th, 2009
Some might say it is a delusion instead, but it all remains to be seen. We have plant predators here, and they come in a lot of shapes and sizes. Starting with the smallest, we have Pocket Gopher. These attack plants from underneath. Think the movie, “Tremors” and you have the right idea. Next in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2009
Twenty bags of bark fit into a Subaru Outback. This is a little known fact. Not sure anybody will care but there you go. We got home, had some lunch, and went to work. First I spread out some landscaping ground cloth around the plants to the right of the front door. No all the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2009
Mishkin has been catching some mice in the house this week, earning his bed and breakfast. The last mouse he caught was still very much alive and active when we got up in the morning. He was catching the mouse, going to the middle of the livingroom floor and releasing it, letting it get a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2009
Orenburg lace shawls are time consuming to knit, but once they are done they are worth the time spent. It’s so hard to say which is better, a small project which gives instant gratification, or a large project which provides months of entertainment. This was phase one for the blocking process, which is the last […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2009
Our pantry is now finished enough to be totally useful! The floor trim is all installed in the pantry and the kitchen, with the exception of one side of the floor by the stairs in the lower pantry. We haven’t figured out how we want to finish the stairs quite yet, and until we do […]