Our waking hours have been filled to the brim these last several months. There has been the usual garden and yard work, the usual housework and meals, and the usual number of hours spent on the work that brings in our income… but we have also tackled some really huge projects in what we optimistically call our “spare time.” By the time we were finishing the last of these projects, the days were getting shorter and the temperatures were dropping drastically.
The first lasting snowfall and two weeks of near-zero temperatures brought a sudden halt to our outdoor ambitions. After all those weeks and months of long hours and hard physical work, everyone agreed it was past time for a rest!
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