09/25/08 01:13
Cutting into crisp apples grown in your own yard
is unbelievably rewarding. I’m working on getting
enough juice for at least one or two more batches
of jelly.
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07/14/08 21:51
Not up at dawn but potentially up ‘til dawn...

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07/10/08 21:39
The fruit producing plants, in particular, are
currently firing all on all cylinders!

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04/14/08 23:16
The magnolia valiantly bloomed before we had
another night of ridiculously low temps here in
western PA.

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06/24/07 00:58
It's terribly difficult to stay focused on indoor
activities with so much going on around the yard.
Flowers in bloom, things still to be planted and
berries, oh the berries!
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05/25/07 20:52
We know we don't have the original barn
here any longer, even though there is a 4 stall
horse barn behind the stone house. There are
still 2 cisterns behind the house as well and a
rusty water pump that I'd dearly love to restore.
The hard part is going to be picking which
project will float to the top of the list as we
determine what we can afford to do.
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04/27/07 11:03
Our family has taken on a potentially monumental
task of very literally living with history. We've
been in our
new home now for
a little over a year. We've taken on the
care of a 210 year old stone and frame
structure that used to be an Inn on the
historic
Lincoln Highway though
it's days as hotel or inn began well before
that road received that
designation.
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