Island Life
I know I'm always using the life is busy here excuse for everything I don't seem to get to...like keeping in touch with friends but it's true and has been lately even more true. In the past week or so, we've closed on the property and moved into the main house. This involved what would have been an overwhelming amount of cleaning and reorganizing if not for some fantastic friends who came and helped. There are friends and then....there are friends who will spend their weekend cleaning your new house for fourteen hours a day.
Thanks to the help, the main part of the house is livably clean and well organized. A full truckload went to recycling and another to the thrift store this week. There is still more to go. The house remains pretty well furnished after this purge. I still have plates and mugs and wineglasses to serve more than three dozen. And a linen closet that rivals a grandmother's; including tablecloths and placemats and three colors of linen napkins not to mention more sheets and towels than I can picture ever needing. And a lifetime supply of tape.
I've also cleaned the cob from top to bottom. The tenant is moving in today although he dropped his belongings off on Friday.
The flock of five sheep is now up to ten. There have been two sets of twins and a single with minor complications. The ewes have name, don't know if I've mentioned that: Sushi, Kimchee, Miso, Wasabi and Kibbi. When I'm ready for them, the last two will be moving over to our place. We're still waiting for lambs from Wasabi and Sushi.
Well, that's the news from the island. I will try to get Manu to photograph the lambs at some point. In the meantime, I've got some farm errands to do and will update again when I have a half hour to waste.
Thanks to the help, the main part of the house is livably clean and well organized. A full truckload went to recycling and another to the thrift store this week. There is still more to go. The house remains pretty well furnished after this purge. I still have plates and mugs and wineglasses to serve more than three dozen. And a linen closet that rivals a grandmother's; including tablecloths and placemats and three colors of linen napkins not to mention more sheets and towels than I can picture ever needing. And a lifetime supply of tape.
I've also cleaned the cob from top to bottom. The tenant is moving in today although he dropped his belongings off on Friday.
The flock of five sheep is now up to ten. There have been two sets of twins and a single with minor complications. The ewes have name, don't know if I've mentioned that: Sushi, Kimchee, Miso, Wasabi and Kibbi. When I'm ready for them, the last two will be moving over to our place. We're still waiting for lambs from Wasabi and Sushi.
Well, that's the news from the island. I will try to get Manu to photograph the lambs at some point. In the meantime, I've got some farm errands to do and will update again when I have a half hour to waste.