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Christmastime Is Here…
Things have been busy around the Manor, from hanging lights outside and dressing the tree to starting the annual cookie and jam making for gifts, things have been hopping! Christmas is for children and long before the new economic … Continue reading
Vintage is All the Rage…
I have always loved junk shops. Or antique stores. Or the new hipster term – Curated Vintage Stores. No matter what you call them, I loved them then and I love them still… When I was young and first able … Continue reading
It’s that time of the year…
The middle of July finds one half-pint of raspberry jam, one half-pint of blueberry jam, 5 pints of apple sauce and 1 pint of spiced pears are all that is left in the jam cupboard. Sad. So, what’s a boy … Continue reading
Beekman Busy…
May was just insanely busy. I already commented on that, so I won’t go into it again, but I might just expand on it some. Memorial Day weekend was spent in Sharon Springs – a small, semi-typical rural town in … Continue reading
How is it already June??
May seemed to go by in a blink!guess it really does pay off to keep oneself busy. Between work, school and the garden, this was a crazy month. I am still making bread (which I need to update and post … Continue reading
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When we last left the garden box…
it sorta looked like this- It looked good, but now it looks better! It took a couple of hours (read that as days) to get the 6 cubic yards of soil into the raised bed. With some better thought and/or … Continue reading
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The World’s Largest Community Garden…
I’m a huge fan of The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green. It is the less-than-seemingly-simple Green Acres-esque story of two gay Manhattanites which stumble across a farm in upstate New York, buy it as a weekend getaway, loose their … Continue reading
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A New Challenge to Living Well…
In an effort to drum out the winter doldrums and re energize myself, my eating habits and my blog, I decided I was going to make myself a new challenge, a la Julie & Julia. At our first-of-hopefully-many-New Year’s Day … Continue reading
Taking Care of the the Basics…
The Manor had been left fallow for a while. I knew the prior owner had been in nursing care for 2-3 years before I bought the house and all accounts from neighbors indicate the needed assistance for much longer. The … Continue reading
A New Year and a New Focus
The snow is about to start falling at The Manor and after a bit of refocus, it is time to keep telling the story. More tomorrow, once the soup is warmed and the snow has kept me focused and at … Continue reading
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