A wreath I made... two years ago.
It's Christmas month! And as I do every year, I'm breathing a great sigh of relief that I can hole up indoors now. It seems like one half of the year I neglect my indoor existence, and the other half of the year I'm neglecting the outdoors. But at this point, the snow gives me a valid excuse to (almost) completely forget about the homestead and focus primarily on housekeeping items. And, of course, as much reading as I can possibly indulge in.
Back in the good old days, I made most of our Christmas decorations. It was a lot of fun. Now that we're in a (much) larger house, just putting up the decorations is a job in itself, let alone making them. I am still hoping to do some table arrangements with fresh greenery. It may or may not happen.
Rumble Videos
For the last several months I've had major problems uploading video. BUT.... today I uploaded a short (and fascinating) video here at home, and uploaded another at our public library. So, TWO videos! In one day!! I have two more videos edited and ready to go, for the next time I find myself somewhere with a good upload speed. The one at the library took about 45 minutes, which was already an uncomfortably long time for me to sit around in a public space doing essentially nothing.
I'm trying some really cool gardening projects right now, after a gob of reading last winter. I hope this winter's reading will prove just as fruitful. Here is one of my projects:
Back in the good old days, I made most of our Christmas decorations. It was a lot of fun. Now that we're in a (much) larger house, just putting up the decorations is a job in itself, let alone making them. I am still hoping to do some table arrangements with fresh greenery. It may or may not happen.
Rumble Videos
For the last several months I've had major problems uploading video. BUT.... today I uploaded a short (and fascinating) video here at home, and uploaded another at our public library. So, TWO videos! In one day!! I have two more videos edited and ready to go, for the next time I find myself somewhere with a good upload speed. The one at the library took about 45 minutes, which was already an uncomfortably long time for me to sit around in a public space doing essentially nothing.
I'm trying some really cool gardening projects right now, after a gob of reading last winter. I hope this winter's reading will prove just as fruitful. Here is one of my projects:
That's about all I want to report on for now. As mentioned before, I'm doing as much reading as I can on various topics—of course, not nearly as much reading as I'd like to, but I try to squeeze in at least two hours a day. The book I got the dandelion idea from was called Root Cellaring; Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables. I buy most of my books used on Ebay now, because you can often get them at a better price than Amazon. The root cellar book is running about $12.50 on Ebay now (a few dollars cheaper than Amazon's lowest price) and it is well worth the money.
Til next time,
-Bethany
Til next time,
-Bethany
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