and now, kitten pictures.

1, 2, 3, awwww…

saturday night.

And we were mixing creams, cutting soap, and labeling lip balm!  By candlelight.  Candles are a big huge part of off grid yurt life, and I actually prefer them to bulbs.  Which is fortunate.  Plus it gives me an excuse to buy old FTD containers and milk glass bud vases.  That’s enough reason to live [...]

happy mothers day to me!

Well, instead of spending the day at the local botanical gardens as planned, so far it’s been spent handing out doses of antibiotics (we’re looking at four ear infections total) and cleaning up puke from the floor (looks like the stomach bug we all had last week–the one my grandmother’s recovering from in the ICU [...]

little movements

Well, we’re mostly moved back into the yurt.  Most of our stuff is out of Boothbay Harbor, and most of what’s out of Boothbay Harbor is mostly organized in Alna, and we have propane and running water and a soon-to-be new privy.  We’ve moved the goats into their new enclosure, planted a salad garden, limed [...]

dropping leaves and clocks

Winter has us in her bony clutches once again, and all of Maine is scrambling to squeeze out a few more days outside without our boots on.   And of course, prepare all our stuff for the big freeze.   Winter preparation is a little more intense for us,  since a) we’re preparing a big fancy tent [...]