From next to the fire with full arms and faces full of kefir… and because typing with two hands is overrated.
Annabelle declared a couple of weeks ago that Hannah had taken over Mama’s life. She is a funny one, that oldest daughter of ours, and not too far from the truth. She wasn’t complaining but rather stating what seemed an obvious fact to her. At six-years-old this is the first baby she’s been a bigger…
I had this huge long post I’ve been writing up all week but it’s still not ready and we’re still recovering from a house-wide head cold so I guess a few photos is all I’ve got this for this space this week. It’s time to plant potatoes and so the field of pea greens is…
In our book The Doable Off-Grid Homestead, we talk about our progressively built home. What I mean by that is that we started with a 400 square-foot cabin built under an existing roofline. To that we added a kitchen and dining area just shy of 300 square feet. Those were the days when it was…
Though I often wake early, it is rarely to the idyllic barn chores one might associate with the homestead life. When I wake is determined entirely by babes, as is much of my life these days. Mothering newborns is a surrendering of any and all preconceived notions of how my time ought to be spent….
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…
The garlic has been safely dried and tucked away for quite some time now, but I just came across some of these pictures from the garlic harvest. They remind me of something that many people seem to miss, when they see things from afar. All too often people comment on how much Annabelle looks like…
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Sweetness
Beautiful pictures!
Thank you for sharing your “postcards.” Enjoy those kiddos–kefir and all!
So precious – and those days pass by at lightning speed (although it doesn’t seem like it at the time!)
Ohhhhhhhhhhh such sweetness – your postings always warm my heart. Blessings
Precious