…what was the most fun that A* and I had in 2022? That was the day we got Link!
..we always had border collies and bordder collie mixes but the older I get the more I don’t want to replicate the same thing over and over..so why not adopt a pup who is nothing like anything we have ever had before!
He is a total cutie with lots of attitude and he loves cuddling. Still a work in progress!!
Year 2 for our lazy man’s ‘how to collect 2000L of water for the garden’ solution. Why divert the existing gutter and clutter up the front of the place with more junk when I can set it up behind our place. We.
We are working on some expansion plans and much like the inside of our place I am hesitant to spend time on something I might take down in 2 years. Or 10 years!
The potcake dog is a mixed-breed dog type found on several Caribbean islands. Its name comes from the congealed peas and rice mixture that local residents traditionally eat, as the overcooked rice that cakes to the bottom of the pot would be fed to the dogs.
Loki passed in June. Very sad times but things are looking up in the dog department! Meet the new pup!
4 months with the lil critter so far. While totally different than any dog we have had, she is adorable.
We adopted her from a local shelter who brought the dogs up from the Bahamas to be rescued. Very worthwhile cause I can get with!
Well it has been a long and winding road to get to the point where the wall work is done. We had supply issues we had pricing issues and we had motivation issues but we are done. Overall work quite happy with the shiplap and how it looks but went with the white paneling for our first wall.. we don’t love it. Perhaps we will get on to changing that in the future but for now the work is done. We need to do the trim work around the windows and the door and in the corners and such but we’ll get that later.. on to the flooring.
We are on to wall number three for the tiny house. With this wall we decided against randomizing the colors and stains and went with a mostly blue hued wall theme what do you think.? We are pretty happy with it overall and now that we are becoming experts on shiplap work the work has gone fairly fast. If only our motivation was better we would be done already!
Obviously there’s still much trim work to do but this is what it looks like. On to the final wall and then finalizing the loft area and ladder.
Check out the hat sensation that is sweeping the nation. Our nation anyway. We don’t have many rules around our nation but one rule we do have is that deer flies are not allowed.. or while they might be allowed it is only for a short time and they are only allowed to land in the vicinity of a blue Solo Cup which has been coated with tanglefoot.
We have seen the blue Solo Cup hat in many pictures over the years but we thought we’d do a short video up on how we do it and be ridiculous at the same time ( as per usual).
It is messy. But the results are delightful. Have a watch if you’re interested and you want to learn how to stop deer flies from bothering you. You also get to see some of Artemis the new pot cake to replace Loki who sadly has passed.
We have completed wall number two for the tiny house. It is a combination of shiplap which we stained in a variety of ways as well as Birch sheets. The sheets are held in place with French cleats which help hide screws which usually would go into the front of the boards to support them.
First the bad news. Loki passed away due to a heart attack in the waiting room at the vet. Very sad and shocking to see but time heals all wounds. A difficult time for us but we got through it..and are fostering a Bahamian Potcake. Artemis!
More shiplap!
A busy time of year! We are getting our garden going, collecting eggs, finishing walls in tiny houses and spending more time out doors. We also got some projects done and have some video on the subjects if you are looking for a good dose of vitamin annoying! Shiitake, oyster and bear’s head mushrooms log innoculation. Fun and easy work..except the part where I needed to transport the logs. Trail camera security and a good healthy dose of land clearing to ore for more projects.
..and bees are on their way too..more soon!
If I am going to be an annoying blog/vlogger I might as well create a video on things near and dear to my heart..cooking with the sun with a Sun Oven. Bake? Cook? Roast? Something like that. We love the Sun Oven and have been using it for years so it is nice to give it the respect it deserves! We also bought a dehydration tray for it last year.. delightful sun dried tomatoes. Went from snowy to no snow in a week..and an early warm day was the perfect imputus for solar cooking..a pork tenderloin. Yummy.
Eager Gridless Beaver 