Soooooo....,   The traps have been set.   The mouse poison has been set out.   Ahhhh  yes -- life in the country ( Read more... )

Well hellow and here I am.  Well up up and ouch pretty much sums up my last couple of months.  Back to that leaky roof and  buckets (5) in the kitchen at the last rainfall.  The roof has been installed and is now DONE!!  However I just might miss the buckets and bowls that had been placed in my kitchen.  I just got used to them being there.  Funny ( Read more... )

 Nothing like country living.  Especialy in the fall.  Love this season!  But along with the season comes MICE.  Filthy things they are.  Well last fall we blew foam into every crack and crevis to keep them out.   And last fall -- no mice ( Read more... )

ok  my facebook is driving me nuts ( Read more... )

I had a conversation recently with a young man who I admire very much.  One thing that he said was that these days with internet there is no reason to be ignorant.  And so with a little bit of nostalgic memories I set out to educate myself on various topics.   And my favourite topic as of late is music!!

o.k.  Greg 
this one is for you

In July ( Read more... )

Here's something that  I found quite interesting.  I was around 10 years old when this music started going on.  I didn't  know that the lyrics were derived from the book of Isaiah.  Looking back I wish  I could have been 6,7, or 8 years older so that I could have appreciated what was going on in the music scene, how north american society was ( Read more... )

Oh my GGGooooosssssHHH    I am cranky ...      I just wanta crawl up  the walls and fall off the ceiling then roll down the stairs clear out the door,  roll over the neighbours ugly old barn cat. Then come to rest somewhere out in the field across the road.  So there now that I got that out, I was hoping to feel somewhat better...  But I Don'T.   ( Read more... )

Breaking News ( Read more... )

this place 
this life
i'm running to find
a place to hide

i don't wanna 
live like this anymore
i'm searching for the door.
i've been searching for the door

running back home to you again 
i'm running back home to you again
didn't know what we had
couldn't see for myself

Words and music by
Brenda Cruickshank

Um no it's just dad.  Well here's what's happening around here these days.  The roof appears to be in need of some attention.  So for the last several years the roofers came out to patch it up here and there, in an attempt to get a few more years of like out of it.

There should have been a good 12 years of life on the shingles --- but ( Read more... )