Has it seriously been over two months since I’ve written here? Wow. Life really gets in the way sometimes. For the first time in about a decade, I didn’t make it up to the cottage for Memorial Day weekend. Lots has been going on with the end of the school year coming in a few days and hosting the big car convention in 40 some days. I’ll be glad when it’s all over so I can get some well deserved island time. This May has been full of thunderstorms – one of which knocked the power out last Saturday night. We haven’t had a blackout in a long time, so I was excited to break out some of our new candle holders. It’s amazing how well candles can light the place. It makes me want to have a night a week where we don’t use any electricity.

Here’s husbandman in the living room. Yes, we keep our Halloween tree up all year.

and one pic of the new candle holders in action:

2 Responses to “Off the grid days”

1. Krista says:

   May 30, 2011 at 4:07 pm

   A halloween tree? How cool! I’m so happy to see the sun… goodbye rain!
2. Sadie says:

   May 30, 2011 at 6:08 pm

   Thanks! We put it up for Halloween a year and a half, but it looks so cool that I couldn’t bear to take it down. I keep telling myself that once I find something to go in that corner year-round, I’ll take the tree down, but I haven’t found anything for that corner yet. lol