Farm Work

 Sometimes I feel that there is so much to do that it is hard to get a job done from beginning to end. Many things get started but few get to the completion point because the call of a problem or the call of the outdoors is always there to get one off track. Everything takes much longer than you would anticipate in an old house. Like the sump pump. The big rain was Friday night so Bill anticipated sweeping water towards the pump  on Saturday (poor slope in basement) but on Saturday the pump burned out . On Sunday there was a trip to Canadian Tire to get a new pump, then a second trip to get a new hose. The pump was too tall so a third trip occurred on Monday to get another pump but this one was too wide to work smoothly. Finally on Tuesday, pump #3 was chosen and it all came together. Shannon thinks that our Ontario ways of thinking and list making aren’t part of the Nova Scotia way of life. 

On another note we did get decorated for Christmas and it looks lovely. 

However, Phoenix may have the tree shredded before Christmas even arrives. Shannon has made good progress on creating her Christmas chocolates. It is all I can do to keep from raiding the boxes. Shannon and Zoe are busy designing some artistic creations too.

Finally we took a day off from feeding animals, entertaining the dog, clearing land, installing lights in the barn, and trying to fix a lawn tractor, to go to Annapolis Royal. There was a lovely winter market where we got veggies, baked goods, local beer and cheese. The picture shows the view from Annapolis Royal across the river to Granville Ferry.

Sandy