Jacket weather is almost over, with sweatshirt weather just around the corner. I run warm, so it is already sweatshirt weather for me, but I still see enough jackets out to know the weather has not warmed up quite enough to be full-on springtime, but we are oh-so-close. The winter months are wonderful as K…
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Secret Storage
Jolly to have some time off between Christmas and New Years, I have been soaking up some R&R…and catching up on movies and reading. When the house is warm with snow falling outside the window it is hard to get motivated to do much. It is also that much harder when you are surrounded by…
Winter Work
Jinxed with a terrible summer for working outdoors, we were lucky enough to get a bit of a mild beginning to December. We thought it would be snow from the moment it hit in early November, but a warm front came through, melting all the November snow and making it warm enough for our grass…
Sisyphus
Journeywork with rocks has been the major project of our summer… and so far it has turned out exactly how we wanted it! Although we have felt like Sisyphus, hauling rock up and down the hill for the summer, the task has been anything but Sisyphean. Where Sisyphus’ task was futile and repetitive, our task…
Tim “The Toolman” Taylor moments
Jumping right back into the groove of getting stuff done in the yard, the weather has turned cool, the skies are clear and the air is crisp and clean. It is the perfect time to be doing some more work on the wall for our main path. After letting the concrete set for a few…
Jungle with a side of concrete
Jungles are not meant to have concrete poured in them, but sometimes concrete is the way to ensure our jungle stays alive and well. Or at least we hope that is the case. As noted in my last post, we spent the weekend working on putting in the posts that will make our new retaining…
Where has summer gone?
Just breathe…FINALLY! After two months of smoky skies, worst air quality in the world, and dim apocolyptic scenery, we are finally seeing numerous days of sun, with a little rain! The smoke isn’t far, and if the wind blows right, then we can catch a smell of it on the breeze, but it has been…
Do you like your veggies smoked?
Juggernaut wildfires are wreaking havoc on our beautiful province of BC, with the entire Cariboo region and areas of the Interior battling to save homes, industry and livelihoods. We now share our home with K’s parents who had to be evacuated due to one of these aggressive fires, something we are more than happy to…
Brain Food
Jealous of K being able to do so much work in the yard, and being completely stuck indoors, I decided to get started on a project that I have been thinking about since the winter. This last Christmas, I was working on setting up our decor, getting the tree all setup and our house all…
Human Bulldozer
Juvenescent energy struck K this spring. Not that we are old, we are still quite young, but he has had the energy of a teenager that is invincible to any sort of force that might slow him down. At this exact same moment, my body struck me down and crippled me the moment I went…
JK Building The Dream 