A Canadian arrived

Today to my farm a peculiar Canadian was delivered from Kraków. He is a kind of travelling musician. More like a sound technician, but he also can play some instruments. He was very lucky to have travelled all the way for free. It took him just one day to get here. So he is. He was brought here by 3 Polish electrician travelling from Białystok to Ełk. He was given 4 beers to drink, so when he came here his talk was a bit slow and hard, but after some hours and a long walk to the nearby village he recovered. He learns Russian at evening. I help him with it.

Kourosh is a very sociable person and I am a hermit. I try my best to entertain him. I do most talking. Kourosh stays silent.Maybe he needs to rest from social life of big cities.

quietly busy in a garden

In the morning I milked the goats and then was quietly busy in the garden. I am glad I have done what I had planned. I have sown 6 new vegetables. Then helpful rain started to water them which is great – I don’t have to do it and the seeds will start grow already now. 

I have found time to read a few pages of the novel I read since a several days and make lecho and put it into jars. I also cooked the dinner and made salad and desert. 

Now I want to take a bath and go to bed to continue the reading. But rural papers are laying not touched... hmmmmm... I had no time for them. Maybe tomorrow I will have a look at them... Today the weather was too nice to waste it in the house. I preferred to be outdoors and to do something effective. From each seed which I sew today I should have nice vegetables. Little seed but big nice juicy vegetable. The Nature is amazing :)

The misterious number

I am trying to send an sms to someone who is waiting for it, but I cannot. I don't have credit at my mobile phone (just today morning it finished) and I don't know in what mobile network is his number. I tried many websites and - no result.  Why people don't say in what network they have their number when they give it to me?? I have found all possible combinations, and no one fit to the number. The misterious number. 

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50x PTK Centertel / Orange
51x PTK Centertel / Orange
530 P4 / Play
531 P4 / Play
532 PTC / T-Mobile
534 P4 / Play
535 P4 / Play
5360 P4 / Play
5361 P4 / Play
5362 P4 / Play
5363 P4 / Play
5364 P4 / Play
5365 P4 / Play
5366 Polkomtel / Plus
5367 P4 / Play
5368 P4 / Play
5369 P4 / Play
5370 P4 / Play
5371 P4 / Play
5372 P4 / Play
5373 P4 / Play
5374 P4 / Play
600 PTC / T-Mobile
601 Polkomtel / Plus
602 PTC / T-Mobile
603 Polkomtel / Plus
604 PTC / T-Mobile
605 Polkomtel / Plus
606 PTC / T-Mobile
607 Polkomtel / Plus
608 PTC / T-Mobile
609 Polkomtel / Plus
660 PTC / T-Mobile
661 Polkomtel / Plus
662 PTC / T-Mobile
663 Polkomtel / Plus
664 PTC / T-Mobile
665 Polkomtel / Plus
6660 PTC / T-Mobile
6661 PTC / T-Mobile
6662 PTC / T-Mobile
6663 PTC / T-Mobile
6664 PTC / T-Mobile
6665 PTC / T-Mobile
6666 P4 / Play
6667 PTC / T-Mobile
6668 PTC / T-Mobile
6669 PTC / T-Mobile
667 Polkomtel / Plus
668 PTC / T-Mobile
669 Polkomtel / Plus
6900 P4 / Play
6901 PTK Centertel / NMT
6902 PTK Centertel / NMT
6903 PTK Centertel / NMT
6904 PTK Centertel / NMT
6905 PTK Centertel / NMT
6906 PTK Centertel / NMT
6907 CenterNet
6908 P4 / Play
6909 P4 / Play
691 Polkomtel / Plus
692 PTC / T-Mobile
693 Polkomtel / Plus
694 PTC / T-Mobile
695 Polkomtel / Plus
696 PTC / T-Mobile
697 Polkomtel / Plus
698 PTC / T-Mobile
69900 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69902 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69903 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69904 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
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69906 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69907 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69908 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69909 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
6991 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69920 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69921 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69922 E-Telko / prefiks nieużywany
69923 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69924 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69925 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69926 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69927 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69928 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69929 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
6993 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
6994 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
6995 Telefonia Dialog S.A. / Diallo
69960 GTS Energis / prefiks nieużywany
69961 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69962 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69963 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69964 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69965 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69966 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69967 mPay / prefiks nieużywany
69968 Cyfrowy Polsat / Cyfrowy Polsat
69969 mPay / prefiks nieużywany
6997 Telefonia Dialog S.A. / Diallo
6998 Telefonia Dialog S.A. / Diallo
6999 Telefonia Dialog S.A. / Diallo
720 CenterNet / wRodzinie
721 Polkomtel / Plus
7220 Polkomtel / Plus
7221 Polkomtel / Plus
7222 Polkomtel / Plus
7223 Polkomtel / Plus
7224 FreeM
7225 Polkomtel / Carrefour Mova
7226 Polkomtel / Plus
7227 Polkomtel / Plus
7228 Polkomtel / Carrefour Mova
7229 Polkomtel / Carrefour Mova
723 Polkomtel / Plus
724 Polkomtel / Plus
725 Polkomtel / Plus
726 Polkomtel / Plus
7271 Nordisk Polska / Nordisk
7272 PTC / tuBiedronka

7273 PTC / tuBiedronka
7274 Polkomtel / prefiks nieużywany
7275 Polkomtel / Plus
7276 Polkomtel / prefiks nieużywany
7277 Polkomtel / prefiks nieużywany
7278 Polkomtel / prefiks nieużywany
7279 FM Group Mobile
7280 Mobyland / prefiks nieużywany
7281 PTC / T-Mobile
7282 PTC / T-Mobile
7283 PTC / T-Mobile
7284 PTC / T-Mobile
7285 PTC / T-Mobile
7286 PTC / T-Mobile
7287 PTC / T-Mobile
7288 PTC / T-Mobile
7289 PTC / T-Mobile
7290 Gadu Gadu / GaduAIR
7291 Gadu Gadu / GaduAIR
7321 PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A.
7802 Inea / Inea
7805 Aster/ Aster
7806 Aster/ Aster
781 Polkomtel / Plus
782 Polkomtel / Plus
7830 Polkomtel / Plus
7831 Polkomtel / Plus
7832 Polkomtel / Plus
7833 Polkomtel / mBank mobile
7834 Polkomtel / Plus
7835 Polkomtel / Plus
7836 Polkomtel / Plus
7837 Polkomtel / Plus
7838 Polkomtel / Plus
7839 Polkomtel / Plus
784 PTC / T-Mobile
785 Polkomtel / Plus
7860 MINI / Crowley TeleMobile
7861 PTK Centertel / Orange
7862 MINI / Ezo Mobile
7863 MINI / Snickers Mobile
7864 MINI / prefiks nieużywany
7865 PTK Centertel / prefiks nieużywany
7866 PTK Centertel / prefiks nieużywany
7867 PTK Centertel / prefiks nieużywany
7868 PTK Centertel / prefiks nieużywany
7869 PTK Centertel / prefiks nieużywany
7870 PTC / Heyah
7871 PTC / Heyah
7872 PTC / Heyah
7873 PTC / Heyah
7874 PTC / Heyah
7875 PTC / Heyah
7876 PTC / T-Mobile
7877 PTC / T-Mobile
7878 PTC / Heyah
7879 PTC / Heyah
788 PTC / Heyah
7890 PTK Centertel / Orange
7891 PTK Centertel / Orange
7892 PTK Centertel / Orange
7893 PTK Centertel / Orange
7894 PTK Centertel / Orange
790 P4 / Play
791 P4 / Play
792 P4 / Play
793 P4 / Play
794 P4 / Play
7950 P4 / Play
7951 PTC / T-Mobile
7952 PTC / T-Mobile
7953 PTC / T-Mobile
7954 PTC / T-Mobile
7955 PTC / T-Mobile
7956 P4 / Play
7957 P4 / Play
7958 P4 / Play
7959 P4 / Play
796 P4 / Play
797 PTK Centertel / Orange
798 PTK Centertel / Orange
7991 P4 / Play
7992 P4 / Play
7993 P4 / Play
7994 P4 / Play
7995 P4 / Play
880 PTC / Heyah
8810 PTC / T-Mobile
8811 PTC / CenterNet
8812 P4 / Play
8813 P4 / Play
8814 P4 / Play
8815 P4 / Play
8816 P4 / Play
8818 PTC / CenterNet
8819 PTC / T-Mobile
882 Mobilking / Mobilking
8822 TuBiedronka / TuBiedronka
8830 P4 / Play
8831 P4 / Play
8832 P4 / Play
8833 PTC / T-Mobile
8834 P4 / Play
8835 P4 / Play
8836 P4 / Play
8837 P4 / Play
8838 PTC / prefiks nieużywany
8839 P4 / Play
8840 P4 / Play
8841 PTC / Heyah
8842 PTC / Heyah
8843 P4 / Play
8844 AERO 2 / prefiks nieużywany
8845 SFERIA S.A.
8846 P4 / Play
8847 P4 / Play
8848 P4 / Play
8849 P4 / Play
885 Polkomtel / Sami Swoi
886 PTC / Heyah
887 Polkomtel / Sami Swoi
888 PTC / Heyah
889 PTC / Heyah

Dane z dnia 7 lutego 2012 r.

Wow... what a date!

In Poland we believe, that 13th day of a month, particularly the Friday – this is very bad day.

The best is to stay home if you don’t want to be unlucky this day :)
Well, I have decided to stay at my rancho, but of course I am going to do something outdoors. My garden waits!
There is still much work there which should be done. I need to plant more pumpkins, cucumbers and sow other veggies. Also these which are already growing need my attention – weeding.


Another task which waits for me – is catching one goat. It won’t be easy, since the goat is wild and fast. But I will try. And horses need some fresh straw in their stable. And I need to take care of various rural papers in my study.


I also think about starting writing the novel or at least some short stories. I don’t have that much time to write in the same time – time consuming novel and my everyday blog, but I will try.


The morning is sunny, positive. Let’s eat some nutritious breakfast and start doing something outdoors.


***


The day passed quickly. What I have plan for today – I have done. Even more – I corrected electric fence. So I have done more than I have planned. With exception of working on rural papers.
I intend to work on them during the weekend. But in the morning I will be busy with milking goats and in the garden.

I was to write a novel

I was to write a novel. I have got lots of material for several novels now.

Although I think I should start with writing just short stories. I have been collecting the material for all my life. Part of it is in my memory, other part at my computers. I can take them when I want and can write. Now, in what language? If I write them in Polish, they will be well written. If I write them in English – they will not be that perfect, but while writing them I will learn more English vocabulary and expressions, I will improve my language skills, besides more people will be able to read them. 

First I need some writing workshops. I think the best workshop is reading other people’s novels and learning how they are build. Then, I may use them as a kind of pattern. I also may use their extended vocabulary and new to me phrases. 

What do I do?

"What do I do?" - asked familiar voice. It was my voice :))) Yeah.... I don't know! I don't know yet, but surely soon I will find out the right path :)

Tomato sauces

I have made 3 vegetarian tomato sauces and put them into jars, milked 2 goats, so I have milk for pudding and pancakes. Now I am just about to make lecho and maybe cucumber salad. Maybe I also put the cucumbers into jars? I have enough cucumbers to make some winter supplies. 

In the morning I had muesli with goat milk and a sliced banana. It was delicious.

I studied the package description so now I know how to make delicious muesli from my own ingredients. I need only buy oats somewhere and collect fruits and dry them or freeze them. I haven’t seen oats in Biedronka for a long time, but maybe in Lewiatan? I need to check. I love the oat flavour. 

It was raining all day, but now is sunny again. I think about going to the garden for a while.

I got to the half of the novel “The colonists”. This American family has real problems. They have to tackle with serial serious threats and evil. Me too. So I understand them very well and feel a kind of empathy. I am in the same situation like they are. Reading their story encourages me. There are others who have to fight for survival. Like me.


I spent some time in the veggetable garden. I replanted some pumpking seedlings from pots into soil. They are big. But those which I planted 3 weeks ago, are much bigger now. I hope they all will have enough time to produce big pumpkins before autumn.


At supper I prepared just muesli with fresh peaches and goat milk. It was good. I think I became muesli fun :)

Resting

Due to my present condition I decided to rest for a few days. Yesterday I had to go by bike to nearby town, where I have ordered some nice pancake plates ideal for my pancakes. After 10km journey I felt better and even much better. I managed to bike 40km yesterday. I returned with heavy shopping carrying the plates, muesly, vegetables. But today morning I felt again bad, so i did just basic everyday farming duties and now try to rest. Soon I would like to make lecho, but first I need to have a break.


I am cooking dinner: turkey, lecho, potatoes. It would be good to make a fresh cucumber salad with dill.

The herbal tea

Today I still don't feel well. I need to rest and take some painkillers. As I don't take artificial painkillers - I have collected some herbs and made myself a tea. It should help.

The Bloody Monday

This Monday I didn’t feel well. I spent most time in front of the house reading a book. The weather was perfect for sowing, but I couldn’t do anything in the garden. But I have cooked a good dinner and made a dessert. Before it I milked a goat and gave fresh water to poultry and dogs.

The Sunny sunday

It's so hot from the early morning since a few days... A friend of mine says the water in the lakes around is already very warm. She was swimming two days ago. I think it's the highest time to go swimming! I am afraid to go swimming on my own. I am not a good swimmer. I wish Mick would be here. He is a great surfer brave enough to surf high waves and for sure very good swimmer...

spent most Sunday reading a book and getting tanned by the way. In no time I was red :)))

The potatoe trip

I went by bike to Olecko to buy beautiful plates ideal for pancakes, but instead returned with 3 heavy bags of potatoes :)

How to get here

Połączenia na trasie Warszawa, dworzec Zachodni, dworzec autobusowy - Warsaw, Western railway station, bus station Olecko, dworzec autobusowy i dworzec kolejowy Olecko, bus station and railway station

Stanowisko  bus position	Odjazd departure	Przyjazd  arrival	Czas podróży travel time	Odległość distance
1	06:00	11:15	5 godz. 15 min. 5 hours 15 minutes	271  km	P N		więcej »
1	10:15	16:10	5 godz. 55 min.	271  km	P U		więcej »
1	13:50	19:15	5 godz. 25 min.	271  km	P N n		więcej »
1	22:45	03:55	5 godz. 10 min.	271  km	P n		więcej »

Oznaczenia:

n	nie kursuje 24. i 31.XII i w Wielką Sobotę
N	nie kursuje w I dzień B. Narodzenia i Wielkanocy
P	autobus linii pośpiesznej
U	nie kursuje w I dzień B. Narodzenia i Wielkanocy oraz w Nowy Rok

http://www.pkssuwalki.pl/pks_search,4.html?locale=pl_PL

Local activities in July

http://przystanek.pl/wydarzenia/19_przystanek_olecko.html

After The trip

I am exhausted after yesterday trip to Olecko. I need rest at least 3 days I think :)
And take better care of my animals. Today I found out, that 5 goats got scrambled together. I had to help them to release. Now they are okay. The stallion got his new spot as well. He is fine after the grovermina, so now I can give it to mares aa well without fear.

The strawberry ride

We went to Olecko by bikes. Our aim was to make some essential shopping and hang up around Olecko. It was peculiar trip ;) When we were passing by a field with strawberries, we sensed the sweet, intense, nice strawberry scent and I decided to buy some strawberries for us.
I went to the owner of the strawberry field and asked to sell me 1kg strawberries. Instead, he gave me 3kg. He said it was 3kg. But he didn't have with him the scales, so he just poured the strawberries from a box. It felt like 5kg while I was carrying them in my rucksack.

We went to visit 7 shops while I was trying to find the things we needed.
Mick was grumbling that he would take a book with him if he knew how much time the shopping would last :) It was he, who was usually left with our bikes and the shopping outside, while I was penetrating shops in search of needed things :)

When we got hungry and were after basic shopping which needed to be done before 4 or 5 p.m. since most shops are closed at that time - we went to eat our dinner.

After eating we continued the shopping. We went to petrol station to buy some petrol for my chainsaw. By the way Mick pumped the bikes's wheels using the equipment located at the petrol station.

Then, on our way home, I have decided to do the final shopping. I meant to buy some food mainly, but in the  supermarket they had some nice goods in the friendly prices to which I really coudn't resist, so I bought them. It was a toaster, a ventilator, some colourful plates perfect for pancakes and beautiful and healthy snake plant about which I dreamed before. Apart from that I also bought some food as well. When Mick saw the the amount of shopping I have done he was really shocked, because we really didn't have much place on our bikes and in our rucksacks.

When he saw the snake plant - he burst out of hysterical laughter. But I am a perfectionist in packing, so we managed to locate everything in safe and comfortable way, including the snake plant :)))

The way home was okay, but the backpacks were bloody heavy. We had to do some stops on the way home to rest from the weight and to drink some water or eat some strawberries.


to be continued... ;)

Mick

Mick is the best helper which I have ever hosted here. I wish he could stay here longer! He is very helpful person, eager to tackle with any task which comes to be done. He has both technical skills and doesn’t strive away from any hard physical labour. And he is a total gentleman! Nice, cultural person to deal with. And what’s more he cares for me! He doesn’t want to leave me without fixed kitchen tap :) I am very lucky to have him here around! Thank you from bottom of my heart! :) You are awesome person :)

Gone with the wind

The canopy is gone - the strong wind have taken it away while we were having breakfast under it in front of the house :) We had to evacute ourselves inside the house, because suddenly a rain arrived. So we took our plates in our hands and ran away as fast as we could. It was yesterday.

I sow some new vegetables and moved electric fence a bit. We milked 3 goats this time to have more milk for pancakes.

I am planning to do some more gardening, but as the heater started to work again, first I took hot bath and relaxed for some time in the bathtube.

Yesterday horses tried to get into the garden. It would be disaster if they would succeed. So expanding new territory for them is a must, although they have there enough grass to eat, just they like the meadow next to the vegetable garden.

Today for breakfast we had pancakes, at dinner we will have curry chicken with brocoli and young potatoes.

At supper? I don't know yet. Maybe I will try to bake a cake or sweet bread and serve it with home made apple jam.

The air is very warm and humid. I am so sweat right now. It’s so hot and walk across high nettles is challenging a lot. I think I will need another bath this day. I am spreading electric fence over new area and Mick is securing chicken coup, this time around the metal net which has too big holes, so it needs to be covered with more dense plastic net.

The canopy

The days are so full of different activities, that I don’t have time and energy to write posts, but I try :) At least I try to write :)

Today I took out my new canopy which I bought last year but didn’t have chance to use it and asked Mick to install it. It is standing now giving in hot noons some shadow. We want to install it to house wall to make it more stabile. Also Mick continued today with nets in chicken coup collar. The nets are nearly stretched. Tomorrow they should be ready and I will be able to let poultry graze there safely. We need eggs! And in order to have them, hens need eat well lots of fresh green grass and worms.

I have repaired the wire in orchard where stallion eats grass and made breakfast and cooked lunch for us. This time it was chicken soup with vegetables, chickens and groats with tomatoes. Dessert – pudding and jelly. For supper we have eaten sandwiches with vegetables and egg.

Mick repaired heater cable, so tomorrow hot bath. I have prepared bread for baking. Tomorrow morning we will have fresh, warm bread.

After supper we went by bikes around the area. We cycled several kilometres across 4 villages. It was nice trip. We checked if my bikes are okay and they are okay. They are ready for longer trips. Mick says, that while he was cycling across France and Spain he was able to cover distance of 100km daily. For me it is too much, but 40-50km I can do daily.

Securing chickens

Today in the morning we first milked a goat and then went with Mick to cut some bushes in the orchard. For breakfast we had sandwiches with ham and tomatoes, some tea. For lunch I cooked mince cutlets, cabbage and rice. For dessert - jelly. After lunch Mick stretched net over the chicken collar. We took a heavy garden table out of stable and put it in front of the house to have meals here. I have stretched an electric tape to protect us from curious horses. Yesterday Mick cultivated a piece of garden, for lunch we had pigeons, for supper muesli with goat milk. Mick cleaned the chimney, so I could cook the dishes over the kitchen stove. The weather improved, it would be good to go for a bike trip to nearby lakes. Before we go, Mick wants to finish stretching the net and I would like to repair the electric wire next to the young stallion.