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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...
Cake, Care, and Winter Happinesses
by Krista | Jun 21, 2016 | Winter
It is shiveringly cold today, with an icy wind that goes right to your bones and sets you a-trembling. In between dashes to the laundry line to hang up wet clothes (brrr!), I've been staying nice and warm inside, making cauliflower potato soup, doing dishes, and...
Bring Out the Mama Bear
by Krista | Jun 17, 2016 | Winter
Yesterday afternoon as thick, black clouds blotted out the sun and made our little world wonderfully dark and still, I sat on the veranda with my Luna girl and just enjoyed it. Grass parrots flitting about in streaks of color, occasional bleats from the newborn goats...
Things That Restore
by Krista | May 11, 2016 | Autumn
I'm taking advantage of a lull in our lovely but chaotic week to have a coffee, a bit of coffee cake, and a new episode of Midsomer Murders. It feels so good to sit awhile and catch my breath, think through my errand list for this afternoon and relax knowing dinner is...
Beach Comforts
by Krista | May 6, 2016 | Autumn
As we packed up our rain-drenched camp, Bear and I were sore and tired, not looking forward to 3 hours in the car to get home. As we loaded the last few items and tied down the tarp, our friend Adam made our day by inviting us to his place to rest our bones on his...
Medieval Camping and Other Fiascoes
by Krista | May 3, 2016 | Autumn
Sometimes the best laid and dearly loved plans run thoroughly and utterly amok. This past weekend for example. Bear and I had been working hard for months getting ready for a medieval reenactor's weekend with swarms of our best loved medieval friends. We were looking...
An Autumn Campfire and Homemade Hungarian Sausages
by Krista | Apr 26, 2016 | Autumn
It was a jolly and exhausting weekend with our good friends, Sue and Vincent, as we worked hard and played hard in preparation for our first medieval event of the season. There was new garb to model with whoops and catcalls from cheeky onlookers, menus to plan, and a...
Good Days
by Krista | Apr 21, 2016 | Autumn
After a still, cloudy day, the late afternoon is streaming through the trees casting long shadows over the grazing goats and dancing across my bedspread. It's been a good but busy week, and I'm basking in this moment of quietness and light. It's been so nice to be out...
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