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/

Mesmerizing

We are in the market for an apple cider press. It took just the hintest whiff of dialogue in this video to recognize they were filming in France. I wonder if I could import such a monstrously amazing machine over the Atlantic?

Oh? Good thing you mentioned it.

Doing my research for car rental possibilities on our upcoming trip to Iceland, I came across this video:

 


 The host's title? "Female Automotive Expert". Guess she did a good job....for a girl.

 (salt on the wound: an advert for Walmart back to school meant solely for the moms in the crowd.)

blown up and away

It's Friday. Petra Glynt, song #3 "of this land" is my favourite

Chicken Free

Last year, we started the summer with a flock of ten. Two roosters, eight hens. We lost five (four hens and a rooster). This year we started the summer with five chickens, and now we have none. And no wonder - when they made hay on the field across the street, all the displaced field mice were getting chased by FOUR foxes. That's only 1.25 chickens per fox.

It's been too long

Read this kick-ass first-person account: http://thehairpin.com/2013/07/sugar-ray-and-me