Arctic. What’s better than a fire?

The wind finally eased down a bit but the arctic blast was still on. With chilly temperatures outside, what’s better than a nice fire? A fire with marshmallows!

Jolan had been asking for a number of days now but with the wind it has just not been possible. She was very pleased.

Marshmallow roosting with Jolan

Stacked up and ready to go.

Icy and chilli outside, what's better than a fire?

Fire going, waiting for some ambers

Fire going with some ambers

Icy and chilli outside, what's better than a fire?

Yummy, perfect marshmallows!

Icy and chilli outside, what's better than a fire?

Marshmallow rosting with Jolan

Icy and chilli outside, what's better than a fire?

Quiet but busy during another Covid-19 lockdown

September 13, 2021 No Comments

I picked a few pictures to keep you entertained and maybe – once we are out of lockdown – you may want to drop by for a stay and enjoy some time off. We will be opening in level 2.

Image along a log with a pulley attached to it at the far end in the slightly blurry distance.

Lockdown – here we go again

August 28, 2021 No Comments

If not doing office work, we fix fences, move animals around, collect, cut and chop firewood, dig trenches, build goat houses 😉 and fix all sorts of things that break over time.

A few days ago there was finally a window with no rain and a bit of time, so managed to fill 4 feed bags with pine cones. Pine cones are excellent fire starters, full of resin and a rather large surface, thus burn really well, long and hot.

piece of paper with some feathers and ink bottle we used.

Making quills out of duck feathers

February 6, 2021 No Comments

We created quills out of some duck feathers. They have the big advantage that the quill is actually pretty long already. Still not long enough to actually handle them properly though. Shaved some of the vane off and it was much better.

Ride-on mower parked in front of a green growth covered pond in front of paddocks and alpacas in the distance

Time to head out before the bad weather

August 18, 2020 No Comments

Time to head into the valley and do some paddock maintenance. Checking fences and gates, continued to dig a drainage trench, checked up on the alpacas and moos, mowed some swamp grass and sprayed some other areas of swap grass. Chopped some firewood, loaded up the trainer and brought it back up to the house to keep us warm over the next couple of days.

A break from the rainy weather

July 21, 2020 No Comments

First day in a long time without rainy weather, so we went down into the valley for fixing things, moving things and play things.

Arctic. What’s better than a fire?

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