Life is proceeding pretty much apace here. Thanks to some help from Mom & Dad over the Thanksgiving Weekend, the shed now has rafters and some sheathing: I finished off a hat and sweater set for my sister’s baby: And Rowan and I got out for a wee hike yesterday, during which we found an…
Category: Household
So nice I thought of framing it….
I built my first solo wall yesterday morning. I’ve built walls before with someone, but this is the first one I’ve built with a window in it and also the first one I’ve designed and built entirely on my own. I am a little in awe (okay, it’s more like Hero-Worship, really) of The Amazing…
Vancouver-ho! and Flutterby Progress
I did a lot of getting all the titchy, tiny, little pieces ready yesterday and so actually only assembled one butterfly. But the rest are now ready to go and it should be a fairly streamlined process. I also finished up a wee sweater (in this pattern). While I love the result, I have to…
The family that slays together….
John and Katherine spent a little time this evening practising archery in the garden. This was Katherine’s first attempt with anything other than a stick-and-string bow that she had made herself. John’s composite bow hasn’t seen use in over a decade, so it’s nice that they have a common purpose of putting holes in things….
Exploits 2011, part 2: The Continuing Saga
Weeks two and three of this year’s trip to Exploits were much sunnier! John and Moss arrived, with Heather, Bob and Eleanor. The day they arrived was cloudy and as soon as the boat entered the cove, the heavens opened and it poured. And poured. Then it rained some more. We hauled everything up to…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 