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Demolished Chicken Coops and Busted Keurigs

Demolished Chicken Coops and Busted Keurigs

Holiday Season at The Cogs’

Good things can come from the rubble.

Tearing things apart on our property can only mean one thing: dump dates! Woo-hoo, who wouldn’t get all excited about gittin’ off the mountain, ‘specially when ya know it will take multiple trips to the dump to git rid of all the debris. Seein’ as how it is located 45 minutes from home near an actual fast food joint, what gal wouldn’t yearn for a whole day ridin’ back and forth in her guy’s truck?

Enough with the pleasantries….never again! In all honesty I only went with Cog on the third and final trip to the dump, which is actually a very foul smelling ‘transfer station’. The truck is weighed on the way into the facility and again after unloading the debris. The difference is the weight of the debris, of which we are charged by the pound for the pleasure of dumping in someone else’s lap to properly dispose of. Taking pity on a rain soaked Cog (it had been raining all day) I piled into the truck to keep him company for the last trip. At least I could read him the ZeroHedge headlines and teasers as he drove. Continue reading Demolished Chicken Coops and Busted Keurigs

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Paddle

Last week our rain totals here in Southwestern Virginia topped 16 inches. This week we are experiencing Hurricane Joaquin rain bands coming up through South and North Carolina, bringing another possible 8 to 12 inches. There is nowhere left for the water to drain. As soggy as it is here, the flooding images of nearby lowlands blasting across twitter and our teen’s other social media remind me we were wise to prioritize elevation when relocating. Continue reading We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Paddle

Disorderly Harvest

OK.....what happened to the markets? I turn my back for two weeks and it’s chaos! Get back in there and turn those machines on!

An uncommonly chilly July and August ripened the fruits and vegetables early and certainly not when my new and improved timetable had allotted for picking and canning. This is highly irregular and I lodged a strong protest with Nature’s powers that be, but to no avail. Nothing to do but roll up my sleeves and jump in. Continue reading Disorderly Harvest