We have acquired a smoker through the hard work and planning of Adam. Today the beast was set in action and Old Stonewall had his way with a chicken. I think it may have been the most delicious piece of poultry ever. I don't care for chicken.I can always taste barnyard when I eat it but not this stuff. Heinrich ate his share and some of mine. He'd have eaten the bones if he could have.
The GeordieFest is coming up in 10 days so Stonewall Jackson and his master will do their stuff again, this time with pigs and chickens.Fingers crossed the weather stays dry as I want a lot of happy relatives and friends which they will be once they meet up with Stonewall the Holy Smoker. Yikes!! How twee was that?
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Shrammed Oi be, Roight Shrammed
Goiles here.
Oi as good news and Oi has bad news.Oi will sally forth with the bad news first as it's always best to get im out the way loik and make way for the good. Roight. Down to it.
Oi as no eart for retoirin!There Oi as said it. Oi as troied to make a go of he.We as gone to Paris on that EuroStar for starters; eaten god knows what; traipsed all over this green an pleasant land but Oi as ad the biscuit and Oi as set moi and to the plough( a roight winnin expression!) an Oi ain't turnin back neither.
Now for the good news.
Oi has bought a farm!!! Not our old one mind ee, Oi can't afford un but this is a bit of a tiddler with just the roight space for us and Towser and yes moi liddle maids. Buttercup an Fruitcake no longer be with us but there are a few maids still that need moi care and the soight of they in the medder would gladden a heart turned to stone.
Now Mother took to the travellin lark loik a duck to water an Oi says to er she can wander as she pleases but Oi am fair shrammed with all that traipsin about and as to sleep in moi own bed of a noight with Towser on the mat or Oi ain't roight.Mother understood and said she ad more fun with the girls than she ad with me anyway. The girls....more a gaggle of old ens the way they shriek an cackle! Foine says Oi then we will both be appy an ave a ome for the maids an work for me that lifts moi eart. Now Oi be a bit long in the tooth moiself so Oi as Martin down the lane to give us an and when the bones get achy loik.Oi met Martin over a point at the Eel an Lobster an we sealed the deal so to say. Oi ain't never been so chuffed in ages.Oi'm letting ee know now an as soon as moi maids arrives Oi will send out another billet doo.
All moi love
Goiles
Oi as good news and Oi has bad news.Oi will sally forth with the bad news first as it's always best to get im out the way loik and make way for the good. Roight. Down to it.
Oi as no eart for retoirin!There Oi as said it. Oi as troied to make a go of he.We as gone to Paris on that EuroStar for starters; eaten god knows what; traipsed all over this green an pleasant land but Oi as ad the biscuit and Oi as set moi and to the plough( a roight winnin expression!) an Oi ain't turnin back neither.
Now for the good news.
Oi has bought a farm!!! Not our old one mind ee, Oi can't afford un but this is a bit of a tiddler with just the roight space for us and Towser and yes moi liddle maids. Buttercup an Fruitcake no longer be with us but there are a few maids still that need moi care and the soight of they in the medder would gladden a heart turned to stone.
Now Mother took to the travellin lark loik a duck to water an Oi says to er she can wander as she pleases but Oi am fair shrammed with all that traipsin about and as to sleep in moi own bed of a noight with Towser on the mat or Oi ain't roight.Mother understood and said she ad more fun with the girls than she ad with me anyway. The girls....more a gaggle of old ens the way they shriek an cackle! Foine says Oi then we will both be appy an ave a ome for the maids an work for me that lifts moi eart. Now Oi be a bit long in the tooth moiself so Oi as Martin down the lane to give us an and when the bones get achy loik.Oi met Martin over a point at the Eel an Lobster an we sealed the deal so to say. Oi ain't never been so chuffed in ages.Oi'm letting ee know now an as soon as moi maids arrives Oi will send out another billet doo.
All moi love
Goiles
Friday, August 19, 2011
The Katzenjammer Kits
Ja, we have the kitties for a week while their family flies off to a vacation.Tee and Pee we call them. Pascal Pixie Dust and Terrance Ratzinger. I made up the Ratzinger as I can't remember his middle name. I ask you!
They are thrilled to be with us. Eating like horses and very playful and affectionate especially in the wee small hours. Very loving with Karolina who has left home in a huff. She is camping out for the week. Showing up for her three squares then off to the weedy wonderland next door.
They are always afraid you may be lonely and in need of one of them or better still two on your lap. If you are sitting you need a cat seems to be the way they think. Quite a change from what we live with.
I got a lot of reading done early this morning while petting Pee who was feeling lonely.He's trying hard to help me with this blog though I have told him I can manage, thank you.
They are both champion purrers and show it off at every opportunity.Oh and handsome too but not vain with it. Lovely chaps.
I wish Karolina could write the next blog for me. We could then see them through her eyes. Poor kitties.
They are thrilled to be with us. Eating like horses and very playful and affectionate especially in the wee small hours. Very loving with Karolina who has left home in a huff. She is camping out for the week. Showing up for her three squares then off to the weedy wonderland next door.
They are always afraid you may be lonely and in need of one of them or better still two on your lap. If you are sitting you need a cat seems to be the way they think. Quite a change from what we live with.
I got a lot of reading done early this morning while petting Pee who was feeling lonely.He's trying hard to help me with this blog though I have told him I can manage, thank you.
They are both champion purrers and show it off at every opportunity.Oh and handsome too but not vain with it. Lovely chaps.
I wish Karolina could write the next blog for me. We could then see them through her eyes. Poor kitties.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
An Update
I know, I know, it's been ages but in all fairness I 've been really busy. The house has turned into a major project and we are not even half way through it.
The month of August has turned into a month off.The deck seemed to take forever and as it grew larger the weather turned hotter and hotter which slowed us down. No-one wants to expire of heat over a deck!
Or the garden, that never ending energy sucker!I am happy to work in a garden anywhere any time but when it's 40 Celsius and the sweat is so bad I can't see then it's another thing altogether.
We miscalculated on the garden both on the amount of work needed and the curse of the thistle people who will survive at any cost. I know they have a job to do but I ask you...
However there is now more veg than weed so things are a little less grim. The Scarborough clay is still horrible but a few seasons of mulching should help there.Lake Ontario is at our door so watering is not a problem either seeing as we are in a drought.
We still have bathrooms to renovate, hall floors to replace and wood floors to refinish. Then attention turns to the basement which will become a finished apt.All the money we made on selling 63 Victoria has turned into our kitchen and deck and garden as well as painting the house from top to bottom,replacing a truly weird back door, and buying new appliances.
Oh, I nearly forgot the gas furnace we had installed and the tankless hot water heater.The cost of oil over the winter was astounding so that had to be done as well.
Blimey when I look at what we have done over the last seven months with a lot of help both paid and unpaid I'm a bit amazed. Well we couldn't have done it alone.
However we are in retreat mode as we have to replenish the coffers and that will take some time. Nothing more gets started until we have more money and the weather has cooled down.
We buckled and bought two window rattlers as there were a few nights that were hot and humid beyond belief.Working in the heat is not a pleasant thing nor is trying to sleep in it either.
No humour in this post. Sorry just too hot and bothered to be funny. Will have a go later when and if it cools down.Right now the deck, a beautiful thing is calling. Along with the cicadas.
The month of August has turned into a month off.The deck seemed to take forever and as it grew larger the weather turned hotter and hotter which slowed us down. No-one wants to expire of heat over a deck!
Or the garden, that never ending energy sucker!I am happy to work in a garden anywhere any time but when it's 40 Celsius and the sweat is so bad I can't see then it's another thing altogether.
We miscalculated on the garden both on the amount of work needed and the curse of the thistle people who will survive at any cost. I know they have a job to do but I ask you...
However there is now more veg than weed so things are a little less grim. The Scarborough clay is still horrible but a few seasons of mulching should help there.Lake Ontario is at our door so watering is not a problem either seeing as we are in a drought.
We still have bathrooms to renovate, hall floors to replace and wood floors to refinish. Then attention turns to the basement which will become a finished apt.All the money we made on selling 63 Victoria has turned into our kitchen and deck and garden as well as painting the house from top to bottom,replacing a truly weird back door, and buying new appliances.
Oh, I nearly forgot the gas furnace we had installed and the tankless hot water heater.The cost of oil over the winter was astounding so that had to be done as well.
Blimey when I look at what we have done over the last seven months with a lot of help both paid and unpaid I'm a bit amazed. Well we couldn't have done it alone.
However we are in retreat mode as we have to replenish the coffers and that will take some time. Nothing more gets started until we have more money and the weather has cooled down.
We buckled and bought two window rattlers as there were a few nights that were hot and humid beyond belief.Working in the heat is not a pleasant thing nor is trying to sleep in it either.
No humour in this post. Sorry just too hot and bothered to be funny. Will have a go later when and if it cools down.Right now the deck, a beautiful thing is calling. Along with the cicadas.
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