Who stole the sun?

OMG sometimes I think I'm going crazy, if I don't see the sun soon. Just for 10 minutes to feel the warmth on my face for once in a long time.

Well I definately understand totally, why so many people gets depressed during winter time. I miss the sun too.

Season cleaning continues

And fall cleaning will continue for quite some time.

I discover a lot of stuff we don't use anymore. I'm thinking about starting a barn sale to get rid of it.

The first rime

For the first morning this season, I woke up to the sight of everything covered in rime. 

Geez, now we have to ice off the car before driving. I really don't like this sign of winter on the way.

Dust off the pepper corns: organize your spices

A big part of the fall cleaning is the kitchen, and in this case spices.

In some areas of spices we are self sufficient, and we get our herbs for free from the garden.
Spices, we don't (can't) grow ourselves, we have to buy in the store like everybody else.

Fall cleaning

We have 4 weeks a year which are marked cleaning (order and organising storage) Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. 

Many tasks are the same, and then trees the seasonal tasks.

When living self sufficient it's important to clean out cabinets and make order, to be sure nothing is wasted and must be thrown out. Cause that's a waste of money and resources.