It’s past time for bed and Zen knows it. My house has automatic thermostats that set back to 55 at night. The only problem is when I stay up past the usual bed time. Not only does it mess up Zen’s sleeping habit a bit, but she gets cold and needs to get creative [...]

It could be a whole lot worse …
I just got a humorous but very real picture from my brother up in Maine. Guess I’ll shouldn’t be complaining about spotty Internet performance when he’d just like running water !

The snow may be gone soon but I managed to capture a few “Zen moments” on the snow this past week. She loves the snow so I tolerate the cold to see her so happy. This year, the Valentines Day snow left a crust just hard enough for her to run on top … most [...]

“Thank You” to my mom who recently shipped me a new pair of felted wool slippers. I had the very first pair she ever made but after years of running around in them, the bottoms finally wore out. Over Christmas, I found out she was making them again and immediately put in a request [...]

The farm construction project has lots of details. Most of them represent unfamiliar territory to me.
From the very start, I intended to employ a heatpump system. I knew a little about them from years ago but knew they were difficulty to complete in the Northeastern USA. They work well for air conditioning but getting heat [...]

I have been traveling a bit so I had my fingers crossed I’d be around when the combine harvester arrived. That day was today. David Mason, a local multi-generation farmer here on the shore leases the 75+ acres in front of where I live. This year he planted corn at the start of the [...]

BTW: I added a night shot to the previous “harvest” post.