Auf Wiedersehen

Fat Cat Records/HoneyBlood/(I'd Rather Be) Anywhere but Here

floppy hats

Easy Summer Folk from LittleLionWoman on 8tracks Radio.

First heard this in the lab in December, during a science visit from a collaborator (it's where I first heard Matt Corby's "brother" song posted below). It's just as good now as it was then.

spring wailing

The Phosphorescent with "the quotidian beasts"

aussie tunes

Gossling's song Harvest of Gold (maybe not talking about maple syrup, but it IS the season here)



Matt Corby's "Brother", first heard on a playlist mix at Eight tracks website while bench working.

this winter will never end

Our driveway is only partly shovelled and so we park at the end and trudge up. The storm last week felled two trees on either side of the car, and I lost electricity for an afternoon when one of the trees arched/blew our power. Spring time snow, sigh.

So my tasks are to prep the baseboards previously stored in the barn.

And make them pretty for installation along the new floor.

New flooring = a real grown up house (!)

Music

Young the Giant: It's About Time (In the Open) live show. In the Open videos are impressive.



Dear Rouge: I heard I had (live in Vancouver) Track free download.

couldn't get enough

The Civil Wars "The one that got away"

Parallelograms of light

La Casette by Louis-Jean Cormier

In the narrative of my life, I consider last new year a time of crisis about my house. In particular the unfinished renovation that had no timeline (which stresses me out but which is imperative for my husband to function). The crisis didn't resolve per se, but my soul did get tired of thinking about it.

I fell out of love with my house, and I stopped updating the blog with as much frequency as I had maintained in the past. 

This numb resolve has carried me through one harvest season, which seemed surprisingly easy. I keep opening my pantry and freezer to expect an empty space void of the goodies of life, but alas I've managed to put up jams, pickles, stewed tomatoes and so many other local delicacies (with the help of my mother) that it seems the inconveniences I associated with homesteading are now smoothing over. 

I have a routine, I see the light, this is normal. I eat the bread I make, I drink the tea I picked, there is always something to be cooked up with the seemingly random collection of raw foodstuffs in the fridge.

YET. I think this online journal has so much worth. I feel bad for not updating it, since I know I will appreciate having the timeline in the future. The heirloom garlic we moved, the small trees we've planted, the incremental improvements to our space, the adventures. So. Check these out.

Cranberries from our bog (preserved as salsa and fruit leathers)

We are halfway finished this job:

Garlic planted (I've lapsed for two years)

Last of the garden harvested

Good raspberry year (bad apple year)

Bread in my only oven (tiny convection oven purchased from classified ads for $10)

Tearing off the barn roof under floodlights on a  Sunday night (nice outfit)

Outside Fire

Inside Fire

I AM VERY GLAD OCTOBER IS FINISHED

The Darcys "The River".

Best explanation of DoubleThink ever.

Thug Notes on youtube.

The land of Bjork and volcanoes

Glasser's Shape video from youtube.



Iceland in 9 days: We are bringing a tent, waterproof insulated boots, waterproof insulated jackets, renting a vehicle large enough to sleep in, some Cliff bars and a grand sense of adventure. We will attempt to visit the thermal pool outside of Akuyreri, the Western fjords and the southern areas near the National Park.

vacation update: camp around iceland end of Sept?

...yeahhhhh, might have to rethink that plan:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/200-300-meters-of-snow-above-sea-level-expected-in-northern-iceland/11854/