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I Guess It’s Our Turn

Posted on24. Feb, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I was shocked to hear of a huge storm coming tomorrow. I guess I have been too busy to listen to the news and weather much. WHOA! It’s been a while. Now THIS is a storm– we’re expected to get clobbered with a foot or two of snow. It may disrupt things for half a [...]

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Remuddler Reminders

Posted on17. Feb, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

I love to look at remuddling projects. I like to see how insane ingenious and inventive people can be. Plus, it gives me great satisfaction that my rickety old 1855 house isn’t half as bad. Even though we have no electricity for half the house and leaky plumbing and pockmarks and holes in the plaster [...]

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I Am Becoming Desperate

Posted on29. Nov, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

There are days when I feel a very strong urge to just start pulling down walls here. We’ve managed to live with the lack of electricity upstairs, and the endless strings of extension cords throughout the house. But when it comes to this kitchen, I sometimes go tilt. Last week was like that.
Our kitchen was [...]

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Bug of the World

Posted on24. Oct, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Have you been invaded by ladybugs lately? We have. Last week the temperatures were below freezing; but this week, it’s been very mild– near 70 degrees today! And all this week that the temps have raised, the ladybugs are EVERYWHERE. We had a swarm swirling around our back door and our living room window. A [...]

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Oh Deer Oh Deer!

Posted on05. Oct, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

They’re back.

Mama Deer brings her newborn babies to our gardens every year. *sigh* Deer are very cute, but they are eating machines on legs. They decimated my Rose of Sharon, Apple trees, Willow trees, well just about everything (!) a year ago. Their appetite is insatiable. An hour of no eating is like a day [...]

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