Duncan and Emma's Salt Spring Island Adventure!
Renovations progressing nicely! (Before & After Photos below) So, we now have a total of 3 baseboard heaters in the house (2 new ones in the 2 rooms that we're finishing off). It has been a long haul and Duncan has done it all himself! Here's a list: 1) Deciding what size windows to have where…
So, this will be the Master Bedroom… We put in a beautiful pointed window, which I love!
Poisonous Newts!!! Well, we found a rough-skinned newt on our walk today. Very cute (it's the second one we've found in the road and moved so it doesn't get run over). I had no idea – but it's apparently RIDICULOUSLY POISONOUS!! Which has its advantages – no-one wants to eat it – and that's why it…
Alcohol update! So, to make our alcohol budget go a little further we thought we would make some of our own – starting with blackberry wine. But we seem to have got a bit carried away… This is a list of the alcohol currently in progress: Blackberry wine. 5 gallons – or approximately 30 bottles.We're…
The last blackberries… Can you believe that last week, November 6th to be precise, I picked a punnet of fresh blackberries from our 'garden'. Wow – that is one mild Fall! So, today we picked a few of the remaining apples on the tree and Duncan has just finished baking many apple & blackberry goodies! And…