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, January 10, 2012

Feels like early spring

Wow , you couldn't make the chickens happier than they have been lately. Outside everyday , chasing the cats around the yard..They are laying eggs like crazy which is unusual at this time of the year. Chickens generally slow down in the winter months . So we have an abundance of lovely eggs. And our young chickens are starting to lay , we are getting small beautiful eggs , some in blue ,some in green and some white.Got more wood brought in today,especially for the kitchen stove. Other than that just using the day light to clean and get some sewing done. I try to take advantage of the day light for sewing because it is very hard on my eyes to do sewing by candle light.I can do it but my eyes get tired quickly.
Talk to you soon and thank you for visiting.
M

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