Tea Anyone?

I got a lot of comments on my new Altus Tea System on the post before last....so.....now that I have actually used it....
Yes, I still love it.  It is easy to use, easy to clean, and makes a perfect cup of tea!  The only thing I want to point out is that the 3 cups refers to 3 standard tea cups....not an actual 3 measured cups.   I found that it actually holds just under 2 measured cups.  The cool thing is that most loose teas can be re-steeped two or three times...so I just pour more hot water in and I'm ready to go!  As you know, I bought mine in a little tea shop in Delphi, IN.  I knew I got a good price, but I didn't know how good till I did a little internet shopping.  I paid $28.95 plus tax.  The best price I could find is on Amazon for $37.18.  Quite the difference!  If you have an Amazon Prime membership....shipping is free.  I did notice that the Altus comes in a one cup size as well.  I'm wondering if the Delphi Tea Shop didn't get confused with their pricing and give me a 3 cup for a 1 cup price.  I hope that is not the case, but it does make me wonder.
Weather.....we had another storm system come through yesterday.  We were lucky....we had plenty of rain, thunder, and lightening...but not much wind.  I know some were not so lucky.  I have to say I'm a little nervous about traveling this year.  I just don't quite know what we will run into along our journeys.

Sadie 4

The weather here has taken some what of a turn for the worse.  The wind has kicked up and rain is moving in....so....I'll be spending most of my weekend doing what I love....painting!  Here is a photo of my painting of Sadie.  I think she is coming along nicely....and this photo was taken with my new camera!

Til next time....keep having fun out there!

"Can't hold it's water"

Not to much going on around here.  We have been resting up from the whole toilet repair incident.  Unfortunately, it looks like we might be re-visiting that repair in the very near future.  The waste ball is leaking water....you have heard of folks who can't "hold their liquor"...our toilet can't "hold it's water" LOL!  We think it is a minor adjust, but we will let you know how it goes.
The weather here has been great.  As you can see from the photo below, I took the opportunity to give the furballs a hair cut and bath.  That's Cosmo getting a trim...looks like I need a bit of a trim myself...

He is such a good boy and isn't he pretty, er handsome!

That was a beautiful day...wish I could say the same for today.  Some big rain system has decided to camp out here for the next few days.  It's not too bad....certainly better than snow.  I just wish it would move on.....

I hope all of you out there in blog land are doing well and are all ready for the upcoming Holidays.... Travel safe.

The Big Foot 'date' is set!

We will be having the Big Foot system installed on October 6th at 7am.  Did I really say 7am, yeah think I did......Needless to say we will be heading up there a day or two ahead.  I want to stop in Elkhart and have some things checked out on our fifth wheel.  The plan is to get up there on the 6th, spend the night, and then head over to Michigan for the install.  I think Bill said the Big Foot place is only about 30 minutes or so away from Elkhart.   We have already warned the Big Foot folks that we will be bringing our two furballs and they were fine with that....we just can't be in the fifth wheel while it is being worked on.  There will be welding going on and there is always a fire risk.  So, we plan on bringing their x-pen and our portable canopy and our lawn chairs.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we will have a pleasant day.  I'm still hoping to be able to get some photos of the work being done.


We have been enjoying watching some deer up at the river these past few days.  Apparently, there is something they like nibbling on at the end of our lane.  They are not coming close enough for me to get a photo, but today Billy got the binoculars out and I just really enjoyed watching the mom and her twins wondering about the place.  I hope they are getting enough to eat these days...they look healthy, but we are so dry here.  I noticed that a lot of the grass and moss are gone.  We still have a nice patch of grass up in front of the fiver, but everywhere else is just dirt.  Some rain came through last night, but we need a lot more.  After almost drowning in the spring rains, it is hard to believe we are now in a drought situation. 


Looking forward to shaking the dirt loose from our tires and heading out for our Big Foot adventure.....