Somewhere deep inside of us all, the cycles of the seasons live. I know for our own little family, living here on the farm has awakened our own awareness of this quite a bit. But I believe that for all of us, our bodies and minds and our actions and energies participate in the cycle [...]
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The first seeds are sown!
Posted in changes, cycles, farm, farming, nature, spring, winter, tagged farming, nature, seasons, spring, winter on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Take off
Posted in children, cycles, family, home, tagged family, home, mother, rhythym, seasons on February 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Really quick, before we slip into February and the year is officially on its way, let’s pretend that all year we will be as poised and ready for flight as we are in the freshness of January. I have had this list floating around in my head for the past month or so, taking shape, [...]
January through the lens
Posted in children, cycles, farm, farming, home, winter, tagged family, farming, home, seasons, winter on January 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A small look at what our month has been full of: yo-yo’s keeping warm with new Christmas hats from Grandma sunny (and wet) winter harvests and yummy winter meals rain and rain and floods wet explorations, loads of splashing, and oh so much puddle jumping baby goat joy and tragedy and many hours of learning, [...]
Golden, Brown, and Green
Posted in challenges, cycles, duality, gratitude, nature, thanksgiving, tagged autumn, gratitude, seasons on November 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
All around the farm, the golden brown of autumn surrounds us. Summer plants have died and are in various states of decay, the leaves are well on their way, shouting out in bright yellow before falling quiety to the ground. Always on this farm, we live up close and personal with this cycle–the cycle of [...]
Stumbling into Fall
Posted in challenges, changes, children, cycles, fall, family, farm, gratitude, Halloween, home, tagged autumn, family, home, homeschooling, rhythym, seasons on October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I actually shudder to admit that this great slowing down time on the farm, the wonderful quieting of that raucous din that is summer around here, is proving to be neither quiet or slow after all. September came, and suddenly I am so busy with homeschooling and activities for the kids and trying to squeeze [...]
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