Hi Carl. How has your day been? Sounds like you have recreated Thoreau's Walden Pond. It sounds gorgeous. We are having a bit of a respite from the summer heat here, and have had some rain which is so needed... I am taking the opportunity to clean the leaves out of my roof guttering. I am 68 too, and just finalizing a pdc course I have been doing online. I have an extensive kitchen garden here in town and love harvesting and eating the produce, make cheese, liqueurs, soap, skincare products, clothing etc. I have been a keen hobby-farmer in the past, and am renovating my house with plans to sell and get a few acres again, though I sometimes feel a bit daunted by the task...have always wanted to go off-grid everything, so am very interested in alternative energy but am not a tech person...can handle a chainsaw just fine but electronics is something outside of my ken. I see you mention you have an email address somewhere so shall try to locate it. Mine is
pomegranate.1234@gmail.com anyway. Hope you have a good evening, and stay safe....hope I may hear from you sometime. I'd better get back on the ladder and finish cleaning the guttering before it rains again. Lorraine
