~Framboise Manor~: has it really been over 2 weeks since i last posted????

Friday, September 9, 2016

has it really been over 2 weeks since i last posted????

it seems it really has been over 2 weeks since i last posted....my bad.

we have been harvesting daily, picking wild blackberries and are still enjoying river days. jambaloney has been out for his last few days of fishing before trout season was over and we have been getting ready to plant the last few things in the greenhouse for a last harvest before winter. life has been happening at a wonderful and enjoyable pace. jambaloney has been working on his contract just about everyday and is on-site today....but already on his way home - woohoo! tomorrow we are smoking fish for the winter and hopefully heading to the river.

we are wishing all of you a great september and we will resume regular posting soon. xoxox

(p.s. - blogger has done some changes or something because our header now runs into our text - it is not easy to read. we'll fix it asap!)

13 comments:

DawnSeptember 9, 2016 at 1:38 PM
Nice to know you are still about and keeping busy :-)
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DaniSeptember 9, 2016 at 2:01 PM
Was getting concerned at your silence. Glad everything is OK.

Checked your snail mailbox recently? 😉
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DFWSeptember 9, 2016 at 2:49 PM
Life just gets in the way sometimes. Enjoy your pace!
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KellySeptember 9, 2016 at 4:50 PM
I was wondering why you were AWOL. Glad to know it's just busyness.
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RobSeptember 9, 2016 at 6:18 PM
So you two finally came up for air??? Thank you for the kind words. I hate when I get into a funk. Still raining on and off. Finally got the grass cut after 3 weeks. I looked like the swamp thing as I had the bag off, and I was covered below the knees in grass. Sorry no pic.
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AnonymousSeptember 9, 2016 at 8:16 PM
I was beginning to think you had been abducted by aliens who took you on board their ship for kinky sex experiments. That happened to me once!
I sure wish they would come back! I miss them. ha ha ha ha ha
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hoboSeptember 11, 2016 at 12:02 AM
I thought you both were still recovering from the wedding of the century! :^) Enjoy that harvest!
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Harry FlashmanSeptember 11, 2016 at 11:43 AM
It's been two weeks here, as well. I guess we are all busy with other things , at the tail end of summer.
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Tricky WolfSeptember 12, 2016 at 6:12 PM
I noticed you'd gone quiet, glad you're both OK and look forward to you resuming normal service lol
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Tricky WolfSeptember 12, 2016 at 6:13 PM
I noticed you'd gone quiet, glad you're both OK and look forward to you resuming normal service lol
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Toirdhealbheach BeucailSeptember 15, 2016 at 12:10 AM
Glad you are well. Send trout.

Your Friend, TB
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SolSeptember 15, 2016 at 5:54 AM
Saw this thought of you!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/453307318/neu-knit-mermaid-tail-blanket?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=&ref=sr_gallery_1

Can you crochet? I can just about knit, dont ask me what stitch it is I can do. I just call it the wave one. up down. I cant do the V shaped stitch yet. I look like I am playing the bag pipes, apparently.

Hope you are both well
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UnknownSeptember 16, 2016 at 11:02 PM
Saw this article about free land in cape Breton. Is it far from your splendid manor?
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/16/a-business-in-canada-is-offering-a-job-and-2-free-acres-of-land-if-you-relocate.html?__source=yahoo%7Cfinance%7Cheadline%7Cheadline%7Cstory&par=yahoo&doc=103944461&yptr=yahoo
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kymber here and talking about jambaloney.

i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

he has a soul as big as the biggest mountain, he is strong, he is in incredible physical condition, he is 51 and yet most people think he is under 40. he is humble and modest, charming, gorgeous and will help anyone with anything at anytime. he never grumbles and only every now and again complains or is a tiny bit cranky (nothing that a hug can't fix!). he can cut both sides out of 70 tires in minutes, build raised beds from scrap wood that he drags out of the forest, weedwhack 800ft of our road down to the river, and haul more wheelbarrows of dirt, mulch, rocks and seaweed than is probably medically-advised. he's learned how to braid, make bread and no one makes better rice - not even the chinese. he supports my every, crazy endevour. he went 44 years without a driver's license and got his license after being trained by my crazily-wonderful french canadian friend in 2 weeks. she never stopped talking the whole time. in french.

he has biked everywhere his entire life, at one job he biked 24km EACH WAY. that's to and from! 24km to work AND 24km from work! oh and just accidentally has an honours degree in philosophy.

i believe that he is Our Lord's most beautiful and perfect creation. but i might be biased. he can very accurately shoot a ben pearson cougar re-curve from both the left and right. and his aim is dead on.

he is bow-legged and only 5'7", but has the most incredible eyes. and a tiny mole on his upper lip. he writes the most romantic "insta-poems". he tells me he loves me several times a day. he calls me "babe" and "honey". and he means it.
he loves hot sauce and spicey things like cayenne and banana peppers, he buys (or now picks) me flowers, he left a lucrative, high-paying IT job and his family to follow me here to this remote little island. he builds me shelves and washes all of our laundry with me by hand.

oh and he was baptized Anglican. and was an alter boy. sheesh. somehow, through my intervention, i am turning him into a pagan-christian-fundamentalist-confuscian. look, even i can't figure that out!

the name jambaloney is a nickname that i gave him over 10 years ago. he still uses it. he can be reached at "jambaloney@gmail.com". he loves comments or emails. and he loves me.

if i were given the opportunity to wish one thing for the world - i would wish that every woman on the planet had a jambaloney. i know that i could save the world this way. i have friends who have asked me to clone him. i am trying. believe me, i am trying. one day i will perfect the science involved, and when that happens, i promise all of you a jambaloney.

i love him more than...breathing, lobster, boiled dinner, fresh bread out of the oven, bugging out, singing back up for Madonna (ok...i made that one up!), fresh sheets on the bed, a glass of red wine after a long day, sunflower seeds, lavender, growing my own potatoes, T.S. Eliot, dancing, my babies (who are really just cranky old cats!) and the Bible.

i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

anyone who is her friend knows that she will stop at nothing to help and heal, dedication and loyalty are an integral part of who she is and she is dead serious about anything she puts her mind to. yet she maintains the most delicate touch and a smile on her face always, never afraid to live and love no matter where and when.

she is the most genuine human being i have ever met! and she has encouraged me to embark on the most crazy and exciting adventure i could imagine… thank you babe - i sooo love you!!!

(and she can be reached at kymberzmail@gmail.com)