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 [...]
Filed under: kids, yurt stuff on June 27th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: animals, kids, yurt stuff on April 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: craftiness, garden, kids, local, yurt stuff on November 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments »
You betcha. For now, anyway. Between my new role at Liza’s shop in town (soliciting unsuspecting Etsy crafters, designing logo, website, marketing stuffs, etc) and getting Zoe ready for preschool, I had to temporarily pause my Etsy shop in order to not have a complete melt down and wind up wandering aimlessly around the streets [...]
Filed under: animals, farmy stuff, kids, local, soap, yurt stuff on September 15th, 2009 | 11 Comments »
It rained for like the entire month of June, and then it rained some more, but I think it’s finally over. Unfortunately it allowed for a crazy plague of slugs and lots of wash outs and soggy lawns, but oh well. Slugs just make for a good excuse to buy beer.
Filed under: animals, garden, yurt stuff on July 11th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
