This Moment

{This moment} - This moment - an end of week ritual, no words, just a special photo to remember, savour, enjoy. 

Backyard ponds and homemade pajamas

A pair of ducks came to visit our pond - we had just hooked up the greywater pond system again after winter season.  We reuse our household greywater in the garden by filtering it through a series of two small pond wetlands and tiny gravel stream - and the ducks arrived the very same evening as if they knew this fresh full clean pond was here waiting just for them.  Our little one ran out right before bedtime, in her farm boots and pajamas, to watch them.  By the way, her pajama shirt was sewn using this Long Sleeve Peasant Dress pattern with beautiful cozy flannel from Greenwood Quiltery in Guelph.

Rainy weather & rain water collection

Everything looks better after the rain! Such humid weather and all that rain this week - I've been collecting rain water to use in my soapmaking, which creates a beautiful gentle bar (some of the chemicals in tap water can interfere with the soap making process, so it's always good to use distilled or filtered water, if not actual rain water). The rain has caused our garden to explode, flowers now blooming and vegetables ready to burst into colour and fruit.

...and our new rain water harvesting tank (1500 gallons) arrived a few days ago, and is now set up ready to go at the side of the house. This tank and pump system is part of the region's rain water harvesting research project, which we are very pleased to be a part of. More on this project as we start to collect the rain water data later this summer.