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On hail recovery and absolute trust…

On hail recovery and absolute trust…

Two weeks ago I wrote about a horrific hail storm that came through our part of the little valley we live in, damaging our crops and sending me into a bit of a tizzy. Little did I know when I hit publish on that post that later that day an even more damaging storm would come through and nearly decimate…
June 16, 2023
Welcome May!

Welcome May!

Oh HI! How the heck are you? It's been a few minutes... errrr... months ;-) You know, when I mentioned in my last post that I was allowing myself some space and time to rest during the Winter months, I truly didn't intend to be gone from this space for so long but life has a way of happening when…
May 1, 2023
Dual Purpose: Cold Storage / Grow Room

Dual Purpose: Cold Storage / Grow Room

When we first moved onto the property we are caretaking there was an old restaurant fridge (think loud, big, and heavy with sliding glass doors) in the tool shed that was used for fruit storage as the berries and orchard fruit came in during the growing season. It was in no way big enough but it worked well with the…
March 25, 2022
Welcome Spring

Welcome Spring

Once there was a thing called spring when the world was writing verses like yours and mine.Ella Fitzgerald Spring in the high desert is quite the trickster... 70* one day, 40* the next. Maybe it'll rain... or snow... or hail... or torture us with insane winds... or be absolutely sunshiny and gorgeous. Somedays we'll see all of the above in…
March 23, 2022
And so it goes…

And so it goes…

743 days It's been 743 days since I last sat down to write in this space... And almost that long since the world shut down and all of our lives slid into wildly unprecedented times. The truth is, I can't imagine any one of us had a real read on what what to come as we watched two weeks shift…
March 17, 2022
New Beginnings

New Beginnings

With spring right around the bend, the season of new beginnings, with it's warmer days, endless dreams, and mile long task lists , it seems like the perfect time to share a bit of news... But first I should probably give you a bit of context.
March 6, 2020