January 2017

Decisions… decisions… decisions… Today we need to make more decisions about lighting… There is no overhead lighting in the front foyer or the front stairwell. Yikes! Entering a dark house and attempting to climb an unlit stairway is not good for a person with limited vision and, probably an unlit stairway is not particularly safe…

As all of you know… we plan to have gardens. What many of you do not know, is we want to food scape all our property (front and back) and that will entail walkways. Should the walkways be straight and rigid or curvy and inviting? Since we invite all, it really isn’t a question or…

Oh my… retirement looms and so many changes! We are switching from private insurance to Medicare and all the plan options. Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D… I feel as if I am back in school learning the alphabet all over again. Part A covers the hospital… Part B doctor visits… Part C…

Several of you have commented that you are glad we have a bed, but are concerned that we might not have any place to sit. We realize, myself especially, that chairs are very important objects and serve a very important function for most homes in the western world and… especially for us in our cottage…

As those of us who are avid readers know and those who aren’t avid readers can learn, magical little people’s desires for seclusion are slightly different from ours. After all Hobbits and other mystical small people are intimidated by our large size. Also, they like to keep their whereabouts unobtrusive from humans, partly because they…

Not sure about you, but I tend to take doors for granted. They are such an everyday ordinary part of our lives. We go in front doors, back doors, side doors, bedroom doors, bathroom doors, and closet doors without thinking twice about the door. Then there are French doors, Dutch doors (also known as half…

Some of you might remember we are coming to Gloversville without much furniture. Without much furniture might be an understatement. We are bringing a queen-sized bed frame (no mattress), two night stands, and two lamps… that’s it. We planned to check out Estate Sales and furnish the house bit by bit after we arrived. Well,…

We have a dear friend who loves raspberries… well, a gastronomical obsession is really more like it when it comes to raspberries. But, she can’t see herself coming to the East Coast. We are not above offering enticements. And we have a perfect fence along the side of our back yard that could benefit with…

Even though we have a nice amount of trees in the yard we wanted to plant at least one nut tree. Imagine our surprise when we learned that the Arbor Day Foundation is part of a hybrid hazelnut consortium that is striving to develop hazelnuts as a high-yielding sustainable crop for food and possibly help…