Podcast 31
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Podcast about downshifting – living a simpler life in rural Nova Scotia, Canada having moved from well paid jobs in the city in the UK.
> We have been tardy. But we have been talking to people, having visitors and visiting.
> More reliable internet connection but we appear quiet to some people on voice calls. May not be us it may be the exchange. Basement is less damp.
> We talked about the thunder and lightning on my birthday - managed to record a little bit of it. AJ fooled by the thunder sounds but not camply apparently.
> Water update – we did our own test - its fine biologically – zero e-coli, zero coliform – next step is the mineral test - $80 to $100 though – not sure where to get that done – will ask at Pharmasave and can phone the lab.
> Satellite TV – 7 weeks without TV but I have missed it – especially the news. Cheap package. We don’t have it as we need to fit a post in the garden, fitted a phone socket.
> Visitors – been great, Spencer has loved it too. Christened the dining room.
> Spencer “autogrooms” noisily then does circuits.
> Plug for Leos in Annapolis Royal
> Went to Mahone Bay and had lunch with Carolyn
> Oak Island – explore Oak Island weekend, New excavations will start soon. Michigan group, Al Capone’s vault. Hope the Blankenships find something as Garnette and David were so nice.
> Had coffee with Flora and Larry and meeting them on Wednesday. Our chicken print was painted by a friend of Flora and Larry’s.
> Anyone know where to buy a telegraph pole in Nova Scotia?
> Annapolis Valley exhibition – agricultural show. AJ likes the sound of Blueberry Grunt.
> Met neighbours – told them we were not property line hermits. They warned about bears – the bears and the bees.
> Had lots of time off – so now we need to get cracking. Need to do a list of tasks.
> Future podcasts
– walking the land
– Carolyn visit
www.acountrylife.com – help out with the fundraising drive to support the virtual smallholders show – give them a few $’s, £’s and €’s
Bad things
Matt – autumn already..
Good things
Matt – nova scotia is a lovely place
AJ – college starting
Higher quality version coming in a few days. Of course the moment I mentioned the phone was OK, have had loads of problems uploading this podcast!
10 Comments:
Great to hear from you both glad you are settling in OK. RE boundary obsession put fences up that will get the neighbours talking. Found that odd about NS in that boundaries arent fenced whereas in the uK its fences eveywhere. Guess down to availability of land. How are the dog plans coming along good luck with the course AJ.
Mark
yay!! Downloading podcast at last...estimated time 2hr 6mins but very much worth it!!
Now I've never really understood what the word 'camp' means......and how did the word originate. Does it mean overly expressive? I must admit I've never looked it up in the dictionary so looking forward to seeing how AJ responded to the thunder and lightening.....does he say something like 'Jesus , Mary & Joseph'??
Thanks for keeping the podcasts going guys- what a wonderful journal to look back
C xx
'Having deliberately artificial, vulgar, banal, or affectedly humorous qualities or style: played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect' ......
Just looked the word up on Dictionary.com
Will have to judge whether AJ's reaction falls into this category :D
Hey Guys, a couple of thoughts:
1. The "gritty" water. You might have a break in the well pipe, or even a screen might be broken. It depends on the type of will you have, is it a deep well or a shallow well? Grit can be really tough on the pump impeller. This might be something you want to check into. You should be able to do it yourselves.
2. Goats are great! :) You asked for goat porn:
http://www.three-elms.com/gfl/gallery2/v/farm/Goats/
All naked! All the time! ;)
3. I don't know if you guys listen to our podcast (or any at the moment), but we have a highly compressed version of the podcast for people on dialup. It's not in the rss feed though ,you have to visit the website.
Cheers,
-Andrew
"I left a good job in the city" is a lyric from Proud Mary by Tina Turner. Is AJ a fan...?
And I guess you did, strictly speaking, hear the lightening as thunder is the sound produced by the lightening :-)
HI Matt and AJ, nice to catch up on the last few episodes and see how you are getting on in the heart house. Little housekeeping tip on cleaning toiletbowls ( just what you wanted to know, I know......) but if you next shop and buy some dental tablets ( you know the ones for people with dentures), you can just pop one of those in the toiletbowl whenever needed, it will fizz all the residue off. Use the brush to clean with.
I have to tell you that the cider accent is not a real one though, might experiment with another one...
Anne
If you put your dentures in the toilet at the same time you can be really frugal as its doing two jobs at once?? :D
Ermm thats if either of you have dentures that is?
About neighbours in Nova Scotia--it's been a long time since I lived at home, but you may find that the expectation is that you'll "visit". Basically dropping by unannounced for a short visit for no particular reason at all. Probably less now in the towns and cities but more common in the county.
Oh and the car in the driveway a couple podcasts back probably was a couple looking for a quiet spot. My partner used to live in the Valley and they'd get people parking in the lane, even though it was a manse.
Hi guys,
Laura and I just wanted to say thanks for dropping by our blog. Yes, the chickens are a fun adventure for us first-timers. :)
Downloading your latest podcast now.
Take care and welcome to Canada!
Grant and Laura
http://backtothedrawlyn.blogspot.com
Oi! Tardy Boys, where's this week's podcast?
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