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 [...]
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Golden, Brown, and Green
Posted in challenges, cycles, duality, gratitude, nature, thanksgiving, tagged autumn, gratitude, seasons on November 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Through the bee’s eyes
Posted in bees, children, community, family, farm, farming, gratitude, home, potluck, weeds, tagged bees, family, farming, gratitude, home, thistles, weeds on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So much depnds on how you look at it; on whether the sweet and beautiful children we adore are bickering with one another or are creating the most breathtaking drawings, forts, and stories, on whether or not we have a few extra bucks to buy some yarn with or other such fun purchase or we are staring at [...]
Our escape
Posted in challenges, children, family, farming, gratitude, home, nature, summer, tagged family, gratitude, mother, summer on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes, the best way to turn it all around is this. I hate that the stress of a challenging farming year can spill over into our family lives, but it does,and that’s just the thing about stress…it doesn’t know when to close the door itself unless we manage to muster the strength and shut it ourselves. [...]
Neighborly love
Posted in farm, farming, gratitude, Uncategorized, tagged farming, planting on June 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We have been feeling the neighborly love of rural living so much lately. That tractor pictured above is in the middle of prepping our luscious bottom land soil–which is finally dry enough to work–for the upcoming planting of fall/winter crops. See that rototiller there? It is ever so much smaller than that tractor! And the [...]
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