Uncharted Heritage

It is not often that all of my [Dad's side of the] family is able to get together. We all live in different states, scattered throughout the country. It has been a long time since we have all seen each other, and it was the first time all the great-grandchildren were together. We tried to use this rare opportunity to capture a family photograph of the four generations. 

Ingredients (1 serving size):
1 cup flour
1/2 cup water, add slowly/not all at once
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 to 1/4 tsp salt (modify according to your taste)
1/2 tsp sugar (modify according to your taste)
(fruit of your choice is optional)

Mix dry ingredients. Add water until dough is the consistency of a biscuit dough.

Place in covered fire-safe (greased/oiled) cooking pot, and place over fire. Bake approximately 30 minutes over fire.

Alternately you could cook on the stove-top (in a greased pan) over medium heat for about 10 minutes each side, or you could bake in an oven, preheated to 400 degrees F approximately 20 minutes.

Over the weekend Dad and Daughter had a backyard adventure. Teaching Sera, practicing building a fire, cooking outside. Really just enjoying being outside together on a unusually warm day in January.

Sera's bushcraft kit.

Checking the coop for eggs.

6 eggs were collected! Eggs are now on today's menu.

Dad's bushcraft kit.

Making "shavings" from fatwood to be used to start the fire.

Getting prepped to cook.

Getting the fire going. Sera practiced using a ferro rod and Dad gave the flame a little extra oxygen.

Hot Chocolate!

Bannock Bread!

Dinosaurs!

Whoops, bottom got a little burnt.

Linking up with Outdoor Outpost

The sleet and snow mix started yesterday afternoon, and continued until a little after midnight.


 There isn't a ton of snow covering the grass, but the driveway, sidewalks and roads are very slick and mostly ice. The weather forecast says that we will not get above freezing until at least tomorrow afternoon.

Sometimes you just have to START AGAIN. It is time to pick up where I left off.

We have been through quite a season since I last posted. We have lost loved ones, and our family has also grown. It is now time to begin a new season. Our goals may have changed a little, but we still have the same dreams. We still want to become more self-sufficient. We still want to learn more about who we are, where we came from and who we are called to be.

But, as I just mentioned...we are in a new season of life. Things have changed, and will continue to change. Updates are due, and are coming. And things look a little different around here. WELCOME BACK!