Oh what a magnificent ‘pause’ I am having. Naps. Baking. Gardening. This week wins (save a trip to the dentist for my very first filling of my life…worst). All the fun projects we dreamed about all this long cold winter also got started over the last week. Joel flattened my garden area and I got to [...]
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Country Chronicles: Lasagna Gardening (aka too lazy to double dig)
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, Gardening on May 9, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Country Chronicles: Spr-ummer
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES on April 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Turns out that we don’t get spring here at Switchback Ranch. We get “w-ring” in which it is like spring: it warms up, the snow melts, everything gets sloppy. But unlike spring in town, it is still possible that we could get snow. It is sort of miserable. Two days ago, the fog rolled up [...]
Country Chronicles: The Black Beasts of Switchback Ranch
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES on March 21, 2012 | 7 Comments »
There has been some excitement at the ranch over the last few days. For one thing Joel came home. Hallelujah. For another. We have a Nancy Drew-esque mystery on our hands. We have spotted a species of cat that even our Conservation Officer cannot identify. He has sent these images to the Provincial Vet and [...]
Country Chronicles: (Wo) Man-Up
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES on March 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When I fly solo at the top of Switchback Mountain, usually I would be a little petrified to see this: At these temperatures when it rains in town it SNOWS up here. Happily I just completed the Hunger Games trilogy yesterday so I am feeling all post apocalyptic and mad with reckless independence. I had [...]
Country Chronicles: A Dance Studio
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, FAMILY, Photography on March 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Miss E? She has been a handful lately. I spent three hours reading journals and blog posts about when Mr. O was 3.5. Turns out I was certain he might be a career criminal. Feddersen kids at three are tough, strong, feisty, stubborn…they shout a lot. But today? Miss E? At her first Highland Dance [...]
Country Chronicles: Snow Day 2012
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES on February 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
DSC_0266, a photo by one thing blog an online journal by Melissa Fedder on Flickr. I am not sure what qualifies as being snowed in, but we are getting awfully close. Over a foot in five hours this morning. We have now had more snow the last five days than the whole rest of the [...]
Country Chronicles: Perspective.
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, FAMILY on February 9, 2012 | 6 Comments »
The valley has been deep in fog these days. Every tree and leaf is edged in hoarfrost. The fog so dense it feels like it is following you. It is oppressive, heavy, creepy and sensationally beautiful. And in one sense, it also isn’t real. If you drive up the road just five minutes in any [...]
it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES on December 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
At our house? We are more than ready to cuddle in deep for Christmas holidays. One more day of busy and bluster and then? We are settling down…way down. There is still a trip to get organized, gifts to buy, things to bake, but I am not getting obsessed with that this year. It will [...]
Country Chronicles: Oh…Hello Winter
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, FAMILY on November 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last weekend winter arrived with fists of fury. Old Man Winter doesn’t seem to be messing around this year. And around here? We’ve embraced it completely. And really…one just cannot play in the snow and not have it followed by hot chocolate right? And its science I think, that when it is this ‘wintery’ I [...]
Country Chronicles: Choosing Wonder and Seeing Beyond
Posted in COUNTRY CHRONICLES, FAMILY on October 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Where I roam, people are very likely to find you ironic, lame, to mock. The worlds of university or adolescence? They are steeped deep in sarcasm. This is a language I am fluent in. These wonder-bound kids I am raising? They are not. Their language is full of mystery, magic, wonder, awe…they teach me new [...]
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