Shiny new heat pump Heat pumped that is! Oh friends, I have been so busy with the garden and all the things. Two weeks ago we had a heat pump installed. It was a good time to do it because the contractor wasn’t busy, it was neither cold nor hot outside, and our 25-year-old central …
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Spice of Life
Bee on hyssop Last week at 4 a.m. on Tuesday—or was it Wednesday? it’s all a sleep deprived blur—the raccoon came back for more apples. Thud! Roll! Splat! James and I both woke up and held our breathe. Thud! Roll! Splat! We groaned. James swore, got out of bed, grabbed the cake pans, turned on …
And Then There Were Two
We began with 15 unopened tulip flowers and now we are down to two. Every day there has been one or two cleanly snipped off at the top of the stem. Have I mentioned lately how much I dislike rabbits? Since these tulips are in the front of the house, they are not surrounded by …
Here Comes the Sun
The garden is planted but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still lots to keep me busy. Like two weeks ago the maple seeds started falling. That means I collected a big bowl and then James and I spent a couple hours removing the seeds and getting sore fingers in the process. All for half a …
Spring, Where Art Thou?
Yesterday was Earth Day, and, judging by all the sale emails I received, it’s apparently now a shopping holiday for “green” goods. But even if the item is “Earth Friendly” it’s still consumption of (very likely) something people don’t actually need. And if you don’t need it and buy it anyway, you are not being …
