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A thoroughly empty nest

  As mid-2022 approaches and we are facing the likelihood of not having any of our four kids “home” for the first summer ever, it seems we really are empty nesters now. We still have an unbelievably ancient dog though,

Miranda April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Being active, Family Matters, Main, Moving on, Out on the property, The Natural World 2 Comments

Post-asbestos progress

It set us back about three weeks and cost a lot of money, but the asbestos is gone, and the renovation is moving ahead again. First the roof came off. Then it poured rain all weekend. Of course. There were

Miranda November 19, 2016November 19, 2016 Main, Miscellaneous, Out on the property No Comments

HazMat Adventures

Our Nelson place is the eyesore on the block. We bought it because of that. It was affordable and well situated, and that created the possibility of bringing it up to neighbourhood standards and eventually reselling it for a price more

Miranda October 19, 2016 Main, Out on the property No Comments

Upgrading the trail

I began working on a connecting trail from our property to the linear park below almost three years ago. I hacked in a goat-path of sorts: narrow and full of switchbacks. It changed my life, in that it made one of

Miranda July 1, 2016July 2, 2016 Being active, Main, Out on the property No Comments

House progress

I really love our Nelson house. When we bought it I was sold on it as an investment, a fixer-upper, but I think I’m falling in love now. It has a really nice feel to the living space. It’s open

Miranda September 27, 2015February 3, 2016 Main, Moving on, Out on the property No Comments

Pergola completed

Miranda April 17, 2015February 3, 2016 Main, Out on the property No Comments

Pergola

Our “new” deck is almost five years old now. I always had bigger dreams for the square apron that extends towards the trees, but at the time we opted to put up a minimalist railing for safety reasons. Of course

Miranda April 9, 2015February 3, 2016 Creativity, Main, Out on the property No Comments

Spring Forward

The time changed yesterday and today it felt like spring. Spring has been teasing us for at least a month. Yes, a month, since the beginning of February. We’ve had almost no winter this year and almost no snow since

Miranda March 8, 2015February 3, 2016 Being active, Day in the life, Gardening, Main, Out on the property No Comments

Snow sculpture

I am in awe of this guy, created one night over a period of five our six hours by the light of headlamps, by Sophie and Noah and a friend.

Miranda December 22, 2013February 3, 2016 Creativity, Main, Out on the property No Comments

Garage: the end of the beginning

So far no gas, electrical or water lines have been accidentally cut. A few more trees will come down this afternoon.

Miranda November 4, 2013February 3, 2016 Main, Out on the property No Comments

Trail-building

Trail-building

Armed with three hand-tools — a mattock, a rake and a saw — I have been gradually building a trail from our yard to the Galena Trail. For years I’ve been frustrated by the can’t-get-there-from-here dilemma that separates me from

Miranda October 27, 2013October 30, 2013 Being active, Out on the property, Running, The Natural World 1 Comment

Garage: before

Garage: before

We’re building a garage. Well… no, more to the point: we’re having a garage built. An important procedural distinction, one which will likely ensure the timely and effective completion of the project. The aging carport will come down. A year

Miranda October 27, 2013February 3, 2016 Main, Out on the property No Comments

Garlic Marshmallows

Garlic Marshmallows

We thought it would be fun to learn to make marshmallows. Then we thought it would be fun to make cool, fruity or hipster flavours of marshmallows. Then we thought … garlic marshmallows! With some product development, these might be

Miranda August 25, 2013February 3, 2016 Main, Out on the property, Recipes

Bokashi experience so far

Last fall we started using a bokashi waste system. All food waste, including meat, bones, dairy and small amounts of oil and fat, went into a plastic 5-gallon bucket with a lid, combined with sprinkles of a microbial starter. We

Miranda June 13, 2013February 3, 2016 Gardening, Living simply, Main, Out on the property

Bob

It was the morning before I had to leave for Kelowna to pick up Erin. Noah, Fiona and Sophie had to be got up, the lunches had to be made, everyone had to be fed, coffee had to be made

Miranda December 24, 2012February 3, 2016 Main, Out on the property, The Natural World
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