Archive for October, 2008

Guilty Pleasures.

October 31st, 2008 Ryan 10 Comments »

I have a few. One of them is Corrie’s subscription to Canadian Living magazine. Now I can do without all the ads for smoothing your wrinkles and other assorted potions and such and nor do the articles aimed at tugging on the heartstrings appeal to me. Ah but the food. Each issue is usually good [...]

And Snow It Begins.

October 26th, 2008 Ryan 5 Comments »

A little late but I finally retrieved those pictures of our very first snow storm of the season from the camera. It’s amazing how quick and hard the snow came and yet it only hung around for a day or so. I guess I shouldn’t complain too much as the real thing will be here [...]

There’s A Hole In My Bucket.

October 22nd, 2008 Ryan 8 Comments »

Well several holes really and not a bucket at all. Gloves are one of those things that seems to have a set life span after which they suddenly explode. These gloves lasted me almost exactly a full calender year before they developed a small hole and then another and then another. Small holes become larger [...]

Turkey Taj Mahal.

October 19th, 2008 Ryan 6 Comments »

I like to build things. So does Grandpa Rusty. We have a little game we started playing called “let’s see if we can build that without spending any money”. On the original turkey pen we succeeded quite easily by digging a small trench and standing some old skids on their end and using a piece [...]

Flame On.

October 17th, 2008 Ryan 3 Comments »

If you have ever been to a rural type property you’ve probably noticed that in every nook and cranny there are piles of flotsam and jetsam. It seems that collecting “stuff” is some sort of disease that only afflicts people living on these types of properties. Our place is no different and the previous owners [...]