Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Closet re-done


This closet in our bedroom was not made well
I'd hoped it would be made with sliding doors
the rod was in the part between the 2 door
you couldn't see very good what was in there


we had an Ikea closet that had door hinges falling apart
it has served us well
Rien and I re-used parts for the closet


used the doors as shelves 
and lowered the rod for hanging clothes


and the middle wall from the Ikea closet became the 
bottom shelve


I think we are going to like this a lot better
it's not perfect but it is a lot better


the bottom is re-used to keep boxes dry in the basement


Monday, March 28, 2016

Easter Sunday


Eating eggs at the Dekker's


I ate 2 fried, 2 boiled and 1 devilled egg
the winner ate 9


the white is ice from the freezing rain
it was a beautiful day up to 16C


the maple sap doesn't have much taste yet



Down by the river


getting muddy


Sherif digging for rocks and Alinda threatening to get the girls wet

Saturday, March 26, 2016

More Freezing Rain




a thick layer of ice 


this was the beginning


Then we got more and branches started to break
fortunately overnight ice fell off the trees
made a lot of noise on the roof


the road grader came by to push trees and branches off the road


Moorefield was hit pretty hard


it was only in certain areas that the ice had fallen overnight
we had 1 degree higher then Drayton overnight,
that made all the difference


the power came back at noon but was flickering quite a bit
likely when the ice fell off the lines and the lines were bouncing

Friday, March 25, 2016

Good Friday

For to us a child is born
to us a son is given
and the government will be on His shoulders
and He will be called
Wonderful Counselor
Mighty God
Everlasting Father
Prince of Peace

It was such a good morning


Readings from Isaiah and the gospels
the 4 names nailed to the cross


Wonderful Counselor
Mighty God
Everlasting Father
Prince of Peace


The rocks from last year were at the foot of the cross

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Freezing Rain




There is a layer of ice again


the trees look unhappy and we have lots of branches to pick up


no sun today to take prettier pictures


the ice came on a layer of mud, 
so even in the yard you step through the ice
not as slippery as it could be


Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Walk around the farm


last bit of snow


puddle only disappears in the summer


grass will get greener soon


Sunday, March 20, 2016

Mount Nemo


We have had a gorgeous weekend


The girls couldn't go hiking, so I went by myself


took my bike along to mount Nemo, biked 5 km


hiked only about 8 km but had a late start

was still home at 1.30 and back at 6
You have a nice view of Toronto at Mount Nemo

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Craft Day


we had a craft day
first wrap torch in moss and put oasis in top


everyone had a bouquet of flowers to work with



purple or white/yellow



Marian was our instructor


they looked very nice


this one is from Marian


with a little detail

Friday, March 18, 2016

Tundra Swans


The swans seem to like particular fields


and this one doesn't even have standing water


and it has lots of them


coming and going, all talking to each other


We think they are Tundra swans,
only because Trumpeter swans are more rare,
they kind of look like each other