@ berkanna. Lumi sends greetings! T built her a huge cage that occupies a big part of our workroom. But she likes it, and it keeps both our furniture and the rabbit safe.
  We have tried to introduce the rabbits to each other, but the results aren't too good. Just like we expected, Lumi tries to attack Liina. I wonder whether her aggressiveness will improve when we have her spayed... until then, it doesn't seem very likely that the two of them will become friends.

Hair: Neglect season continues. The wedding is just a month away, so I feel I should at least do a dusting and a clarifying/deep treatment before the big day. If I take it as my goal now, maybe I'll manage to do it during November. Hope so.

Garden: For us, the end of the week was busy. First, the fall's first big storm passed over us. It was milder than anticipated, but neverthless I was happy to be able to spend the time at home.
  Then -just as we turned our clocks to winter time- the weather cleared, but became very cold. We spent the better part of Sunday at the garden, and I'm happy to report that as far as I am concerned, the winter may come now. We managed to do all the big tasks we had left. If the weather allows to, I'd still like to do some minor work there, but if it doesn't I won't be too unhappy.
 
Country living: I've started to knit mittens. I found this very nice thick wool blend yarn that is just perfect for knitting mittens. And how quick it is to knit a pair! I have already knitted one pair for T, and now I'm knitting for myself. I'll post the pictures when my mitten project is complete.
      We have had to turn the electric heating on at upstairs. The woodstoves are effective, but the distribution of air became noticeably uneven and created draft between the floors. So, we're now about half and half wood and electric heating.
      I still cook most of our food on woodstove -everything except dishes that need oven. When I feel scientific, I'm going to find out how to use both of the cooking ovens we have too.

Spirituality: I've come to the conclusion that I should improve this area of my life. I've been doing little more than burning a tuohus candle every now and then on my meditation table. And of course, the table has been set so that it requires care. Doing these little things always makes me feel better -somehow more balanced and peaceful, and it makes me think of whether I could improve things even more.
Being a logic-loving agnostic however poses its challenges! After some thinking, I ordered pretty tarot cards from internet- perhaps using them would guide my meditations. Another thing I'm experimenting with is music- perhaps adding some calming music would also help. We'll see what comes out of these experiments.

Snow!  I love that first blanket of white.    We've had our first white-out for the season, but we've not yet had ground cover.  I'm looking forward to snow.  We've not had a good snowy winter in a number of years.  I'm taking our cars in to have their snow tires mounted this weekend, so I'll be ready! 

   

I HATE it when people are so presumptuous to assume that children will follow a marriage.  There are so many unwanted children in the world, no one should feel compelled to have kids unless that is truely what they want (and when they want them).  Good luck in dealing with T's grandmother - it could be a tough road to go down.  I've dealt with it to some extent with my hubby's family - they all thought that having only 1 child was being selfish and we should have had more. There were sooooo many reasons we only had one, some of the medical, some of them emotional; but I always felt it was our decision, not theirs and I shouldn't have to explain or justify any of it to them.  Stick to your decisions, and don't feel you have to justify anything to her.  It is a personal decision between you and T.

I've been married 18 years and childern were never on the agenda.  I got picked on too but it passed.  I hate when family does not mind there business I say do what YOU want girl, its your life.

Just a quick update: length pics!



Bed head.



A little neater picture.

thanks for the pic!!