Like nomads, but with more stuff

  This has been an unusual year. The snow isn't melting as fast as usual, many hiking trails and campgrounds that would normally be open...

We bought cozy patio furniture on Saturday. I curled up on a loveseat to read on Sunday. Later we built our first fire of the season, roaste...

 Since the last post, way back in January ...  We've skied. Literally every weekend since January 8 at least one member of the family sk...

 Friday's adventure: maple syrup taffy All it takes is some boiled syrup (to 235-245F) and snow. Check and check. In one set of instruct...

 Planning my new year goals and one is to get out of my rut. Try new things again. Lockdown has really gotten me out of the habit, even thou...

The kids have a 5 day weekend (one has a 6 day weekend but I put in a dentist appointment, bwa-ha-ha). So, Terry and I took off Thursday - t...

 We've had snow on the ground for a solid week now. Alex's days of riding her bike to school are probably over until May (assuming k...

Terry likes to play around with woodworking projects. As previously mentioned, wooden pallets are routinely available for picking. The thre...

It has snowed nearly every day during the last two weeks. Without the office to go to providing an incentive to leave the house, the dail...

A fun thing to do when the weather gets down below -30C is to make your own snow. Just get some boiling water, pour it into a cup and throw...

We got a decent snowfall overnight and the kids played outside most of the day. Using the snow they shoveled from the walkway as well as al...

There is a Russian saying "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing." Between four years in St Petersburg and ...

Today we went outside. No gloves. No hats. No scarves. No snowpants. No heavy jackets. No long underwear. No boots. Sneakers, and fleeces o...

Astana is the world's second coldest capital city, with the coldest recorded temperature of any capital (-52, not sure if it was Fahre...

This is a little late but on the first day of spring (based on the equinox) was also the first day that some of our crocuses opened up full...

...we could all use a bit of a break from each other. I deliberately kept Alex home on Friday so we could have "one last special day...

Yesterday might very well have been the first snow day that we were actually in Maryland for and that I decided was completely legitimate t...

So our last two trips back to Maryland from cabin have both occurred during snowstorms that basically shut down the DC area. Maybe we are a...

Last night we finally got some snow. Today we finally got some cold weather. The kids lasted all of 5 minutes outside this morning. Already...

Today I am thankful for seasons. Between Malta and Russia I had forgotten how much I love having four distinct seasons, each of which lasts...