Winter is coming. It’s inevitable, but it still seems to take one a bit by surprise. Temperatures shift from erratic to cold in a flash. And so far, we’ve seen a few frosty mornings. A day of heavy rain set us back considerably in our lumber work this week. And it’s pooled and settled in […]

If you’ve been following our journey for a while, you will know that often it’s small things that bring simple joy to us. In the past week, we have both celebrated our birthdays, me my 54th, and Sandy his 43rd. These occasions were marked by the outpouring of so many kind messages and words to

Over the last week we have been focused on the next phase of our winter preparedness. Now the woodshed is completed, our next major task is insulating the camper and creating a build out room on the side of it to house the woodstove. While these may sound like simple tasks, they require a lot

What a week it’s been. The weather has been wholly unpredictable and strange. And I get that it’s Autumn, and that the weather is transitioning to Winter. But there have been drastic changes that happen overnight. From a cold wet weekend last weekend, Wednesday saw us peak at 27c, with a lot of humidity. Thursday

A big part of choosing an off-grid life is the notion of self sufficiency. It’s the concept of being responsible for ones own ‘everything’ without relying on someone to provide it. Be it food, clothes, building or mechanical repairs. The reality is it’s a lot less attainable than one would like to believe. While you

Well one thing we can say with some certainly about living in Northern Ontario is that the weather is unpredictable, and subject to extreme changes in a short space of time. It’s barely mid September, and we’ve already had frost warnings, and nights as low as 3c. And oh, so much rain. It reminds us

It’s the first Friday of September, and it feels a bit like late October. Temperatures have dropped significantly, as if switch operated. The forecast shows over a week of cloudy, rainy and cool conditions. The highest forecast temperature for the next week is 14c, and lows as low as 4c. The rain has returned and

As the temperatures continue to drop, and leaves are slowly starting to change colour, the end of August approaches. While July ended with such sadness and the passing of Pollock, we found ourselves a little out of sorts at the beginning of this month. But life must continue, even after loss. And we set ourselves

It’s almost the end of August, and it feels like the clock is ticking faster towards winter. While we have had some days higher than 33c, we have also had days as low as 16c this summer, some nights as low as 3c or lower. And definitely more rain than we wanted or expected. Over

It may not sound like a big deal, but moving the camper is a multi-day ordeal. It’s unpacking, repacking, moving loose items and clearing and cleaning around where the camper has been sitting. We’ve done this process now a few times, and, frankly, it never gets easier. It’s always a lot of work, and quite