Nearly two months on in our move off the grid a rhythm has finally made an appearance. Granted, rhythm looks a whole lot different now, but some familiar things are reappearing.
Freshly ground grain ground by little (and big) hands.
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Vegetables are being fermented.
The sea salt has been unpacked.
Homemade sour cream is once again on the menu.
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And school is back on the daily agenda.
We’ll take a bit of rhythm in this new home in any form it comes.
I have been trying to put together a number of blog posts lately. I wanted to share the chicks – some purchased, some hatched at home – that are running alongside our laying hens, increasing the flock. I have some garden photos filled with weeds and potatoes and some turnips I might pull and ferment…
For the first six weeks of his life he probably spent at least 23 hours of every day next to me, in my arms or in the Moby. Then at six weeks old he caught the same deep chest cough that most of the family had and it was an intense few days. But we…
I am watching – baby on my hip and jaw on the floor- as a house takes form. It wasn’t so long ago, you see, that such a thing was unfathomable to me. They say you shouldn’t live in your house while it’s being built. They say you need so many square feet per person….
This is the time of year that things can change on a dime, as they say. I was about to put up a blog post about this dry and thirsty land we live in, but, Lord willing, we may get rain so I’m just gonna’ wait on that one. It’s well into the 90s today,…
Stewart planted loads of garlic this year. It went in late, to be sure, but because we could find no onions to plant, we planted plenty. This little ma’am is nearing the five month mark. Are my children the only ones who put everything into a bowl with milk and call it cereal? We now…
I’ve wanted to homeschool our children since I carried that first precious life in my womb. Those earliest years went fast and smooth, just these two little boys and I. By the time we moved off-grid in 2011, Elijah was five and was writing, doing some basic math, and learning to read. I remember being…
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Ahhh familiarity is such a welcome thing some times 🙂 Enjoy!
i just love reading about this transformation into the new life off the grid. thank you for sharing this amazing experience with your readers.
Love reading about your new journey!! What do you use for kindergarten? We are about to enter this phase (this coming school year) and I am stuck between My Father’s World and Rod and Staff.
Want to hear MORE, MORE, MORE about your off-grid lifestyle. Maybe you could tell us where you started with learning and how you got to this stage? And will you have solar or wind power or generator and such details!!
Hooray!
Routine can be a blessed thing. Something I’ve been missing since our move. Nice to read that life is getting some familiarity back, I’m sure that feels wonderful.
Glad to hear you are settling in and finding some routine again. Makes life a bit easier with little ones, that’s for sure.
Lovely to hear. Bless you Shannon.
We have had a fair share of transitions, and I am reminded every time of how little we need to be happy. It is those little routines that make me feel sane and “home”. Not the walls we live in, how clean the floors are, or the number of possessions. And laughter fixes a lot of frustrations.
Glad to hear you are getting back to your routine. The pictures are beautiful! I don’t think I’d ever have the patience to grind my own flour, but I bet it tastes amazing in baked goods.