Petra near the Cyprus- excuse the covered plywood stash

 

 

 

 

Here in the mid-west the cold is about to move in. It's been in the 60's lately and I unconsciously felt it would just stay that way for another few weeks while I finished up "temperature sensitive projects". I moved the plumb tree closer to the new fence line and also planted the Cyprus tree I brought back from Como. There's a few grape vines to move but that may wait till spring thaw.

gate by rear porch- to/from parking area

The temporary gate I made from an alley find baby crib side has been relaced by a real gate- made of alley find wood.

old knob and tube wiring comes out

There is now modern romex with ground bringing electrons to the newly replaced duplex receptacle by the wood stove.

a double batch this time

This quick-bread recipe consistently turns out well. This time it's home made organic apple sauce with a little organic pear sauce bread- with raisins thrown in. Using the electric oven is a good way to lower the density of my air molecules- something I'm looking for this time of year.