May 2018

This last weekend gave us a beautiful soaking rain. It also lowered our temperatures to the upper 40s. The heat has been off in our cottage for a couple of weeks now, so downstairs grew quite chilly, upper 50s… too chilly to play in the kitchen or bakery. (Since Scott is still laying tile in…

Scott was filling the existing cracks between tiles in the downstairs bathroom with black grout. (First of all, it’s between five and ten years since Scott has done “any” grouting. Our last twenty years was such a blur, we can’t give you a more accurate timeline.) Regardless, cracks need to be filled. Problem! The last…

Last week was a busy week.Update: Emmi is doing fine. Whatever bug he had is totally gone and he is back to his frisky self. Though, bless his heart, if we leave him confined, for even a few minutes, he becomes so stressed that during the night he regurgitates bile. Not sure if he’s a…

Scott continues to attempt to lay the tile for the downstairs bathroom, the hallway, and the mudroom. Interruptions are his bane. Of course his primary curse is me… “Scott, could you help me with this?”“Scott, could you please do that?” I am enough to drive any man crazy… come to think of it, I probably…

Our poor Emmi. Something happened… we do not know what but, Thursday night he started scratching frantically and crying. I held him and he would calm for a few minutes then grow frantic again. Early Friday morning he was throwing up bile… as if he had not eaten. He was not interested in food or…

This is a continuation of Tuesday’s adventure. Another fact about Bob and Mary Ann… When they pulled in their driveway and found us, they had just spent the morning picking up litter that thoughtless people had thrown out their windows along our roadways. Again, these are exceptionally thoughtful people. But, on to our adventure… Fortunately…

What an adventure we had yesterday. We drove to Johnsville, New York to Mohawk Drumlin Creamery to see and purchase our new and favorite sheep yogurt. Because our spring is so late, our trees are just beginning to bud. We have trees sneaking out tiny buds of future leaves along each side of our roadways… wondering, “Is…