Some chilly days at Upper Clements

Finally, I get to use power tools - I love this nail gun! We actually had to buy 2 sheets of paneling to fill in where we took out the shelf in the stairwell - do you believe paneling is $20.00 a sheet??? Oh, I forgot, it is 'real' pecan. Too bad - it's all getting painted anyway!

What to do on a chilly day - feed hungry bunnies!


And more hungry bunnies - notice Callie is hiding behind me.



Callie is at the end of her rope with all this cold, snowy weather.

Bunny up-date and new project

Before beginning any project, safety is important - Brenton and I demonstrate this with our safety glasses!

So, first this shelf structure must come down to open up the stairway more. That may sound easy, except the former owner believed in 5" spiral galvanized nails, and many of them, for every project!

Here is a kind of neat picture that Brenton took with his new camera - a Canon 630 (I believe). This shot was taken while we were driving in the van.

The baby bunnies are now 2 weeks old - alot more fur - this pic doesn't show them very well but it was very cold and we didn't want to keep them uncovered for long.

This black bunny has moved to Upper Clements Cottages from Upper Clements Wildlife Park. He's a great addition as he is a different color than any of our bunnies - he's pitch black so we couldn't resist calling him Midnight. He seems to fit right in with our bunnies and we should see some little black babies soon!

Baby bunny up-date

So this is the picture of the newborn baby bunnies taken last Monday.

And this is taken 1 week later. And you thought your kiddies were growing fast, Michelle!

More pictures for Aaron!

Here's a picture of Gary's tractor, Aaron, as promised. If this snow keeps up, it's going to be a busy tractor!

This was taken Wednesday - what a gorgeous day. Can you see the big yellow house behind the boats?


The big yellow house - sun and snow - does it make you a little homesick?

Margaret on the front step of Aaron's house.

Some pictures for Aaron!

Well I guess someone is going to have to tell me how to move pictures when I put them in the wrong place! This one should be at the end. See all the bunnies eating bread, Aaron, and see Callie on her rope beside the bunnies. Watch the next few days for a tractor picture and (maybe) one of Margaret.


Rumor has it that Aaron is monitoring our blog from Germany so here are some pictures for Aaron. Below, Gary working in his shop.


New baby bunnies born on Sunday - we think there is about 10 babies here. Click on the picture and see the tiny little hands and feet.

Bunnies sunbathing by the garage. Oh, they're also waiting for Gary to come out and give them a treat!

Some Random Pics

A picture of the crown molding in the kitchen - installed by Gary with Brenton's help. I also painted the wainscotting white to brighten the kitchen up. When you look through the door going downstairs you can see my next project - yep - painting the last of the awful, dated paneling. Want to help Michelle - I know you've had lots of practice!

Our diningroom is done - crown molding up and mirror window - this is a window frame that is over 100 years old, rescued from Manfred & Silvia's barn. The frame is put together with wooden pegs. We painted it and had mirror installed in place of the broken glass. The stars were a Christmas present from Brenton.


Above, Pippin looking very regal.



You know its too cold out when Callie is happy to stay in and lay around!

A green Christmas, but a white New Year.

Clyde looks longingly at Clementine through the fence. Gary will put Clyde in with the girls, Clementine and Willow, around the end of January so that, hopefully, we'll have baby pygmy goats around the end of June.

The snow doesn't seem to bother the bunnies, they just scratch through the light snow to find the grass. On the left, Callie on her leash watches the bunnies.

Some Christmas stuff

Christmas dinner at our good friends, Karen & Lealand and daughter Karlea and Karen's family. There were 11 of us. Gary and I are hidden on the left side of the table, the 3rd and 4th ones in. B is, of course, taking the picture.

Gary and I - ready to head to the Lewis' for Christmas dinner.



Pippin being very regal amongst the chaos.

Callie in the presents - aren't I cute?

Christmas '06

Our tree after Santa came to visit - we left the camera out for him. Brenton was trying out some different settings with the camera. I like this soft, golden glow in these pictures. I have some more pics of Christmas and dinner with our good friends, the Lewis', however, we forgot our camera there on Christmas day. Pictures to follow!

Memories of last Christmas

I guess this was last Boxing Day - Mike came down for the night and Jason was home for the holidays.

Babies in Germany

Well it looks like its going to be a quiet Christmas in Upper Clements this year. Jason won't be home (his first Christmas away), Frank and Kita won't be here, and our non-biological grandbabies will still be in Germany. Boo hoo!! Here are a few pics that papa Manfred has sent from Germany. Aaron and his most favorite 'Teddy' on a train.








Little Luca, almost 9 months old - look at that hair and those big, beautiful blue eyes!

So this is winter!

Well, we're getting our first snow and it is kind of pretty and exciting so I sent Brenton out to take a picture of our Christmas decorating. Brenton decided to add the 'Merry Christmas' and I (lazy sloth that I am) am thinking - could this be in place of sending Christmas cards? I'm thinking 'not', but we'll see. Anyway, this can all disappear tomorrow - I think I've had enough already. Gary's tractor is in the shop so this better not accumulate! This snow stuff really looks prettier in pictures on Frank's blog and I think he should keep all the snow up there this winter!

And now, our newest addition!

This is Clyde, our new billie goat. We plan on breeding him with our girls Clementine and Willow so that we will have baby pygmy goats for next summer. Clyde is a little impatient and would like to start the breeding now. The girls are on the other side of the fence and constantly flirt with him! Poor boy! And its true, boy goats are really stinky. He's so friendly but we don't dare pat him (we'd have to chop our hands off after) so we scratch him with a stick instead. So Gary's farm continues to grow . . . . . . .

Grass is great but we like still like pellets!

These babies were having a great time eating grass but were still happy to see their familiar pellet bowl.

Baby bunnies exploring freedom

This is the first time these bunnies have been out of the cage - notice how close they are staying to Papa (Gary)!

10 baby bunnies

These 10 baby bunnies are 9 weeks old and ready for the outside, or out of cage, world. They are so cute and just about identical - what is the word for 10 siblings or is there one?

Sunny and warm in Germany!

Well yesterday was Tuesday, but no Aaron as he and family are in Germany for a few weeks. He's been gone for 2 1/2 weeks and, hopefully, will be back in about 2 weeks. This is a picture that his Papa sent us from Germany. On this particular day it was very warm - the rest of the pics show much cooler weather - winter coats and such.

Awesome show!

Another picture to add to our 'Wall of Fame' - Bruce Guthro and entourage are staying at Upper Clements Cottages tonight! We just got back from his show at Kings Theatre - totally awesome show! He seems like a really nice, down to earth guy, and what a voice - I may become a Bruce Guthro groupie!

More bunnies

Trick or Treat?

We had a few strange looking trick or treaters last night, in fact, the little devils show up just about every time we open the front door. We're usually mobbed by 7 or 8 'front yard' bunnies - not to be confused by the 'back yard bunnies'! I bet Kita is licking his chops!

Two rainbows

What strange weather we had this weekend! Very high winds, sun, rain and hail. The only thing we didn't have is snow. Hopefully you can see the two rainbows over cottages 4 to 7.

The rest of the rainbow

The other part of the rainbow over cottages 1, 2, and 3.

Aaron's 3rd Birthday!

It's hard to believe but 3 years have zoomed by and our little NBG (non-bilogical grandchild) was 3 on Friday! He loves helium balloons and I think he's going to get a lot of enjoyment out of the work bench we gave him. He loves tools and helping Papa. When we left, he was busy helping Papa put the bench together. Luca was 6 months old on Saturday and is growing like a weed too!

Aaron's Tuesday visit

Tuesday was sunny and warm so we were able to play outside - favorite Teddy had to come out too! We have a family here now from Columbia and they have a 2 1/2 yr old boy - even though 'Juan Sebastian' speaks only Spanish - the kids still had fun playing together. The Mom is working at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre in Cornwallis for a month. We do get to meet a lot of interesting people here!

Our new diningroom

The color we chose for our kitchen/diningroom is call 'Thyme Garden' and it's Debbie Travis color - i am a huge fan of Debbie Travis. The diningroom had wood wainscotting up half way and it made the room seem small - its not a huge room to begin with. We (as in Brenton and Gary) tore the wainscotting down and then Gary had a lot of repairs to do as the gyproc had never been finished. He did a great job and then I painted it. We painted the trim white and we are going to put up crown molding . I absolutely love the color and Gary likes it too, though he says "I liked it before too!" He's such a good sport - I think it up and he helps me make it happen! Now I need some new fabric for curtains - I think I'm going to make a roman shade - a trip to Halifax to find fabric!

Our front entry

Our front door opens into our kitchen and we painted the wood wainscotting to brighten it up.

Our new ceramic backsplash - today we grout and then put the plug covers back on. This is Gary's first attempt at doing ceramic tile.

Fall decor

Brenton has decorated our office entrace for fall.