Welcome to A Victorian Year in Ontario

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, the year is 1865, Her Majesty Queen Victoria has reigned since 1837 and we are in the midst of a prosperous era. The purpose of this blog is to record the daily round of chores, tasks, trials and triumphs of our household in rural Upper Canada (now known as Ontario). We have embarked on an experiment to live a year as close to the way it was done in 1865 as we possibly can. We will post our remarks and await your comments, suggestions and critiques. So join us as we travel back in time.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Last Day

Hello, Margaret here. Today is the last day for our kitchen radio. No more Q, no more "Fresh Air" on the weekends, no more "Ideas" at night during the week and especially no more Stewart McLean. :-(. Didn't realize how many compact discs we had until we packed them up in boxes. That's what you get for not owning a TV. The silence is golden, but it will take a couple of days to get used to not listening to these programmes in the house.

Our parlour has a beautiful piano that we'll perhaps now utilize. Gardens are growing beautifully and I'll have lots of canning to do this year. Not that that is different from any other year but we are really focusing on self sustaining throughout the year.

That's all for now, I'll be back later.

Margaret

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