We started the main floor renos very early this past year and have been plunging away at it. The back room that was our dinning room and temporary bathroom has now been opened up and has a new purpose and plan.
It was quite a messy process of taking down the old walls and ceiling…. but what a reward to see what we have in return.
We found a few interesting things in the walls and ceiling not to mention all the tunnels in the old sparse insulation.
Can’t wait to see what the end result will be♡
We finished renovating the upstairs hallway earlier this year. We raised the height at the top of the stairs and created some beautiful crisp angles with the ceilings. Messy job but looks so nice. I also gave the floor a coat of paint.
What to wear…..
We recently took part in our nephews wedding in rather of a sort of different way. Because of all the rules and mandates they originally got married in June, just a very small cohort of family because that was all they were allowed.
So they decided to get married on the original date and then with a bigger celebration later in the year when stuff opens up.
It wasn’t possible for us to travel to Ontario this month, September to see them get married in person so we watched online “live”.
So the big question was what to wear…..
We opted for something cozy and we settled in to watch Ryan & Kristina get married again in front of family and friends….. even looks like Carrie and her husband Chris made it all the way from the uk♡
It was a beautiful ceremony and and it brought back memories for us.
We wish them all the love and blessings as they embark on the biggest book of life with lots of amazing chapters. ❤ We love you both and welcome you to the Anthony family Kristina.
Vanessa (Russ too♡)
Yes, I did say the “w” word. It’s hard to believe but we are half way through September and we have a big homestead chore to finish.
We heat our house primarily with wood, so every year Matt or Joey delivers our logs. Rusty cuts them to the appropriate size and I usually load up the tractor and they get stacked.
This year Rusty is doing most of the wood chore, I am helping when I can but most of it is his responsibility. He has been hard at work cutting and stacking. We have about 2+ chord of wood through the basement window that just needs to be split and stacked. That will be my chore once most of the canning and preserving is done.
We do share the responsibility of getting the wood prepped and it is such a nice feeling when most of it is stacked and ready to go.
It was such a beautiful day today so while I worked on a few garden chores and some canning prep my awesome hubby stacked…♡♡
In the last picture you can see my log splitter…. nifty little thing… makes great kindling too♡ Vanessa
There is some serious harvesting going on at the farm these days. We had a frost warning Tuesday night but we do live on a hilly part of the island. We threw a sheet over the basil patch and I harvested all afternoon. Basil made it…. so it wasn’t a big deal. There is of course so much more out there but I did what I could. This quite the haul and I shall be very busy in the the kitchen the next couple days. There is some work in the greenhouse to do but it will have to wait until I make a dent with all this beautiful food.
So does anyone have some good recipes for eggplant? I’d be interested to hear from you.
Thanks for visiting the blog.
Another little update of what we are up to at our old island home….
We tweaked the plan a tad and put in some awesome windows in the back pantry/laundry room addition. Barney approves of the new view.
Just a little update since it’s been so long♡ when we first did the insulation in this room it was just temporary.
Some elderberry cuttings came in the mail all the way from BC, so very excited:)
What do you do you with a bunch of half empty cans of paint? You mix them together and make your own awesome farmhouse shade. (Stuck at home: practicing social distancing)
Who said you can’t play with mud when you grow up?
