A few random thoughts

January/February is downtime here.
If we've done everything correctly, and after all of these years, I'm confident we have, all that has to be done during the deep winter is mind the chickens, order our seeds, plan the garden, and wait until the ground is soft enough to drop in the peas.
So, in the next few weeks, I'll start talking about the 'very exciting' business of ordering seeds and all of that stuff, but for now, I'm posting some random stuff, some old archived posts from a now-defunct blog I used to have, and talking about things that seem funny, interesting or unusual.
I hope you enjoy it.




What is it about cats?


They have the incredible ability to make themselves longer and heavier, in direct relation to how much you want them to get off of you. So you find yourself, dragging this 40 pound, five foot long, dead-weight, sack of fur off of you just to get up! You're lifting and pulling at full extension of your arms and theres STILL another foot of cat curled up on you - like some weird furry snake...  when bare minutes ago, it was a nice, little, fluffy two pound thing curled up and purring.
And while we're on the subject of their weird abilities, why is it  they also have the ability to sit on your lap (chest, back, head) and lull you into a coma-like sleep, almost immediately.
I swear I can get up and drink three pots of coffee in the morning, have the cat sit on me for ten minutes and BOOM I'm out.
It's uncanny.


I found out today that the majority of Celts (Irish, Scot, Welch)  in the British Isles are direct descendants of Spanish fishermen who ended up there over 6000 years ago. Genetically, they (the Celts) are closer to their Iberian relatives than they are to their Norse relatives.


If you have the time (about 3.5 uninterrupted hours) and the interest, theres a fascinating documentary called 
Victorian Farm on YouTube .YouTube - Victorian Farm 14/36
Broken down into 36 10-11 minute segments, it covers a year in the lives of 3 historical archivists, historians, archaeologists who move into a Victorian farm and run it. VERY GOOD program, great for kids and adults who enjoy that sort of educational programming.