Author: Shannon

I am wife to Stewart, mama of six, homeschooler, messy cook, and avid fermenter. This is where I tell our story... of building a sustainable off-grid homestead... of raising this growing family of ours... of the beauty and the hard and the joy in all of it.
The View From Here

The View From Here

Thank you all for your warm welcome of Ruth. She is fitting in quite well with the rest of the little ones and we are grateful for a fairly smooth transition thus far. Papa is, once again, the world’s greatest de-gasser of babies. And so long as that has been dealt with, Ruth is a…

Returning Home

Returning Home

I remember early spring days with dirty fingers sunk into cold dirt. These boys were much smaller then – four and two – but even at that tender age, we could see that this was exactly what they needed. Seeds were sprouted in so many ways on those long Sundays spent in the garden. One…

And Now, This

And Now, This

I waddled down the dirt road the other day just as fast as a pregnant lady at this stage possibly can. They were all way out in front of me – one on his bike, one running alongside his brother, and Papa chasing them both with a little red head in the stroller. He was…