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Bonfires and Spiced Wine in Killarney
by Krista | Jul 26, 2016 | Winter
Bear and I love campfires. We like sitting around them at home with good friends, visiting and grilling sausages, setting marshmallows aflame as the sun sinks down through the trees and kookaburras cackle overhead. There's nothing quite like the dance of flames and...
Medieval Viking Food and Life
by Krista | Jul 23, 2016 | Winter
One of the things I look forward to most every Abbey Medieval Festival is ambling through the Viking encampment. I love the Viking food displays, the wonderful Viking tents, and, most of all, my talented and lovely Viking friends. I'm always intrigued by children's...
Medieval Cheese-making and Medieval Camp at Sunrise
by Krista | Jul 21, 2016 | Winter
My favorite time of day at medieval camps is early morning, especially at Abbey Medieval Festival. The sun casting shadows through the towering trees is sheer magic and never fails to stop me in my tracks and make me so happy to be alive to see such things. I like...
Summer Pleasures on a Winter Morning
by Krista | Jul 20, 2016 | Winter
This has been the craziest winter I've ever experienced. Last week we were bundled up in every layer we could find, huddled close to the heater, clasping cold fingers around hot drinks. Today I'm barefoot, in a sundress, hair up in a pony tail as I stroll through...
A Cozy Weekend and Russian Pashka
by Krista | Jul 18, 2016 | Winter
Once a month I plan a few days of hibernation to rest and restore. I let Bear know ahead of time and often he joins in, spending a weekend watching movies, reading books, and taking naps. We plan food that's easy to reheat, give our animals extra feed and water, and...
Storms, Scones, and Blood Lime Marmalade
by Krista | Jul 16, 2016 | Winter
It's wildly windy this morning, blustery gusts shrieking through the trees and rattling our house. The sky is dark and brooding and I'm so glad to be bundled up inside with hot cinnamon raisin scones and a big mug of coffee. Work is done for the week and I'm looking...
Winter Days and Horseradish Cream Sauce
by Krista | Jul 15, 2016 | Winter
It is dark and cold, quiet and cozy as Bear and I hunker down in our little house keeping warm and recovering from a pernicious flu bug we picked up on our travels. The weather has been perfect for recovery, cocooning us in clouds and rain and solitude, giving us time...
Homemade Olives and Winter At Last
by Krista | Jun 28, 2016 | Winter
True winter arrived this morning in a hurtling fury of bitingly cold winds and plunging temperatures. We pulled on layers and I worked in front of a blowing heater to keep my fingers nimble enough to type. Brrr! Breakfast was a hearty casserole made with chunks of...
Rainy Day Pleasures
by Krista | Jun 23, 2016 | Winter
It's been a sleepy sort of day, dark and rainy, cold and quiet, the sort of day where you want to curl up in bed with a book and not do much of anything. So I did, for a little bit, right after I got off work at 8 a.m. I climbed under the covers and read a few pages...
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