Inge, it's been amazing living with Jen, honestly! We get along so well that we just have a blast most days, laughing and having fun. In the past few days Josiah has also been staying up at the Abbey with us, and that has been amazingly fun as well. The three of us are definitely kindred spirits, and it's great to spend quality time with such amazing people. Not to mention, the Abbey is so cool! I've been staying in one of the bunks, and it's very warm and cozy. I'm interested to see how well the ATI test goes over the Winter, for sure. Now that I've been cooking on the rocket cooktop every day, it's been heating up the space a lot better (as well as having three bodies in the Abbey), so I guess we'll see.
Here you can see how red-hot I got the rocket stove cooktop the other day! (Didn't quite mean to, and if you can see it there, my toast is almost burning in the farthest corner of the cooktop. *facepalm*) This is the hottest I've ever seen it running, for sure, but there was still no smoke coming out of the chimney!
I've enjoyed cooking with the rocket stove cooktop every day, and I know Jen and Josiah sure appreciate my love to cook! Plus, I believe Jen is loving being able to hear me sing every day. I currently have three of my instruments up at the Abbey, so I play them in the evenings and early mornings after breakfast. Sometime soon, I might post a video of me singing while sitting on the lovely 'Bee Seated' RMH cushion that Tyler Ludens sent to us! That is, if I can get Josiah to help me record the video, but he's been very busy lately in his free time, trying to help construct a counter for our new sink in the Abbey! Very exciting!
What a beautiful full moon we had here! I just had to catch a photo of it.
My car also got stuck in the mud up on Allerton Avenue last weekend. I guess we'll see how it does in the snow this Winter, or if we might have to switch cars to Jen's truck to get up to the Abbey. So far we've been riding in mine, just for ease, but it won't be so easy anymore if I keep getting stuck!
I found some weird white fungus growing up on the Lab, and I'm not quite sure what it is, but it looks to be killing the moss wherever it grows! I thought it was interesting, so I caught some pics of it.
I got to use Fred's awesome seed planter that he welded up to plant some cherries and apricots earlier this week!
Plus, oh man. I can't even begin to describe how freaking cute the kittens are!! If I weren't allergic to them, I would probably live with a kitten in each pocket!
Here's Jaqi feeding Gert and the kittens
And of course, the obligatory adorable kitty cuddle puddle!
Too much cuteness! I'm going to go into cuteness overload! :D