I got up around 8 and went out with the thought of loading up things to go to the dump. I started tidying up the glass tipi, moving the chairs outside, separating the logs from other stuff. I moved extra windows that were leaning on the tipi around to the back and removed some of the ones that were loose near the door. The frames of the wooden ( Read more... )

I got up early, around six, I guess, deciding that I should just be getting up at that time every morning ( Read more... )

Nick and James came over for a campfire tonight. The power went off just after they arrived, then came back on just after they left! We had a great tiem, though ( Read more... )

I cleaned off the dining room table! Yippee! I have also vacuumed and tidied up more in the weaving room ( Read more... )

Willem came home and came in to visit with me in the tipi when he got home. I guess he's been in here for about a hammock ( Read more... )

I've been in the Crystal Palace for a couple of hours rendering down a big canner full of fat ( Read more... )

I've been on a ladder on the outside of my glass tipi putting the plastic back around it. I'm putting straps on, then nailing with a U staple into the poles, making sure the plastic won't just rip off and blow with the wind. Simply wrapping the strap around it didn't work at all, the very next day the wind had removed it all from beneath the ( Read more... )

I found some soaps for Oreo, green cactus. I guess I'll have to find some more of that fragrant oil as I'm all out of it. It sold very well over the years ( Read more... )

Willem and Oma are still away at Tisch's. The bugs are outside, so I'm inside. I'm not doing anything, but just sitting around journaling and about to check on my email comments.

I should light a fire in the glass tipi and hang out in there instead of in the house. But I'm tired. I may just go to bed.

Our Italian friend and his german mother came over. It was so nice to have them drop in. He makes violins. It was wonde4rful to have him look at my bow and tell me what is wrong with it. It is a good bow he said, though ( Read more... )