Been conspicuous by our absence recently and we have to say that the recent weather has been more than partly to blame.
We had to move out to the cabin for ten days during the big freeze and have since been feeling a bit more vulnerable to the vagaries of the weather. With a baby due in August the pressure seems to be on this year to get our fingers out and start building. As for next winter (the chances of having anoher frost-proof home by then are slim) we are weighing our options, but to be spending it here in the mobiles again does not seem to be on the cards.
We have listed ourselves as Wwoof hosts now (interested Wwoofers please contact us through the Wwoof website only) and maybe a few extra pairs of hands will help to speed things along.
That picture made me shiver. Good luck with getting some help to move the building along. I’m sure it will all work out. We’re about to sign up to be Wwoof hosts too so will compare notes here. Keep smiling.
I was in Clare during the floods and then worried from afar about our cottage there during the freeze. Maybe all this extreme weather means the summer will be extremely mild!
Hi Alex and Siobhan- many congratulations on being pregant. Lots of blessings to you all.
We are on the verge of buying a house in a Hebridean bog. How do you find the soil conditions where you are – I see quite a lot going on in your plot in the header picture.
Warm wishes.
Jacqui and John Ferguson
Great news Siobhan and Alex, congratulations…..
Congratulations to you all on the pregnancy! We have our second due in June, and have similarly little heating provision in our cottage, so can commiserate on that score! We’d love to be completely self sufficient (wouldn’t we all!) but there are some things we can’t do much about in a rented cottage. We really admire what you and your family are doing; it gives us lots of tips and pointers for changing the things that we can do in our own situation, and I always look forward to reading about your ventures in The Mother. Good luck with the WWOOF…hope you get lots of willing and able helpers!
Wishing that the Spring warms you up and fills you with joy and hope for the coming year, and your new arrival
Hi Kramers!
We are fellow home-edders based in New Ross, County Wexford!
I was just browsing an old HEN newsletter when I found reference to your blog! Your cabin above is beautiful!
Congratulations on the news that you are expecting…what a blessing!
Our family also ‘blogs’ so feel free to pop over and take a poke around!
Sarah
Time for another update. You do have some news…
I miss your blogs so much..please don’t let having a third child stop you blogging