The day after the sun, realities of winter set back in.

Even flipped once, thicker clothes failed to dry fully during our five-hour window of sunshine, so I take them in to drape around the house.

The fire is once again raging, to the cats' delight, and Mark and I get busy splitting wood to feed the cats' addiction.

Maybe we'll get another sunny day Friday?

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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