Daily writing promptAre you more of a night or morning person?View all responses Crepuscular?! Yep. I like being most active at dawn and dusk {{Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Crepuscular. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved December 2, 2023, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crepuscular }}. My favourite examples: walleye, pickerel, wild turkey, coyote, deer, ruffed grouse.
Instincts can save one’s life.
https://philosophyvia.photos/2023/11/10/what-will-your-life-be-like-in-three-years/ {{{I am speaking for myself. TS has her own unique take on the world, and I respect her for that}}}. In 3 years, I will be 55 years old and undoubtably marveling at the cliche bantered around in the 1990's marketing campaign (by some insurance company)... "freedom 55". I made it, despite the challenges … Continue reading In 3 years, I’m going to be mucking around on the farm!
What is good about having a pet? When I’ve had enough of our house-panthers, I can scoop them up and toss them into a room. I do that to a human child, I get arrested. My niece & nephew are old enough to avoid this fate (when they eventually visit our farm). And companionship. The … Continue reading Companionship and portability!
Middle-aged cats grinding away. Homesteading workout, no?
Pedicures and Flesherton detours.
We have an interim place to live!
Time to get on the farm, before the Fall heat.
TS needs a bigger table; PN needs to mess around on the woodlot.
How are you feeling right now?
our build progression
The restaurant owner died from his injuries.
Daily writing promptWhat do you enjoy most about writing?View all responses As a newly retired standup science philosopher (high school science teacher), I understand that writing is a SKILL. I enjoy being able to articulate myself -- if not verbally (where my stutter gets full-on manifested)... then in a format that allows me to review … Continue reading Revisions, revisions, revisions (and it gets THOSE IDEAS out of my f**king head)!
Daily writing promptWhat do you love about where you live?View all responses When TS and I were looking for property... what... 10 years ago, she insisted that we be no more than 1 day's drive from the big smoke (Toronto). I couldn't understand that need. I was looking at property around Lake Superior... or at … Continue reading The Great Lakes, the food, my friends, and (occasionally) fast freeways out of town!
Evolve Builders have been busy! Here's what we saw earlier this week (in no particular order): We watched the Perseid meteor shower. What plant species is this? The entrance to our construction site. Call before you enter. One of the crew had his blue van by the parking lot. SE corner Driveway leading to the … Continue reading August 13-15, 2023 Update
What profession do you admire most and why? Framers. Evolve Builders. More to report later… Go EVOLVE!
I posted an entry on TS’s channel. Here’s a link to it. https://blackdogbiscuits.ca/2023/08/13/firewood-dog-biscuits-peace-and/ Wonky post? Poor formatting? Let me know, eh.
Yesterday, we did a run up to our property and Felix (our project manager) gave us a quick tour. Imaged from the NE corner of our future parking lot. Evolve Builders (and we) are now waiting the foundation to cure at the site. For more information about the site, contact Felix Quinn felix.quinn@evolvebuilders.ca
…and a helluva a lot more real! TS & PN visited the build-site. Evolve Builders, we appreciated the tour. And Design Electrical (Owen Sound), you impressed us… again. PN took this image… (from the same POV we took from the ATV, bush buggy, saws).
Organic layer removed last week (today, it’s June 21/23) The pylon (path that leads to the back yard) is in the far left corner. as of June 21/23.
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