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2018 in Review – Another Year in the Books!

Despite my sporadic presence here this year, I simply could not let us slip into 2019 without a review of 2018, now could I?! It seems as though the thing to do these days instead of making a resolution or two to kick off a new year is to pick a word as a theme to focus on in the…

The Autumn Slide

What a summer it's been! I swear to you that I've written this post at least 15 times in my head over the past few weeks, updating it as new things have happened and trying to pull seconds out of free minutes to put pen to paper (or cursor to screen, if you will). I've thought around how to communicate months…

Roots & Fruits

We've been in our new home for just over three months now. Though, if I'm being honest, it feels like much, much longer. Inside, we've been figuring out storage, adjusting to a tiny kitchen with very little counter space, navigating passive solar and the beginnings to what's shaping up to be a brutal summer, and thoroughly enjoying sharing a smaller…

Mama’s Quadruplets

Quads! Can you believe it! Yes, last Thursday night (3/22), Mama Mello gave us quadruplets! The delivery was quite rough with them all twisted and tangled up in there, but everyone survived and is thriving! As I thought it might, it all started on Thursday afternoon when I realized Mama's pen tendons were gone. Ember helped me gather the Goat Box…

Shown, Unshown – Moving the Farm & The Space Between

Tomorrow marks four weeks since we made our move to a new home and new beginnings and I can't believe a whole month has already passed! Time has both flown by and seemed to stand still for us. There have days upon days of work...doing and re-doing...planning and scheming...unpacking and nesting. And then there has been setbacks and steps forward...dreams…

Homestead Move – Crunch Time

Why on Earth does anyone ever move? I am such a home-body, a creature of habit, that moving is like a never-ending nightmare for me. The chaos and uncertainty of it all is absolutely nerve-wracking let alone the physical labor of it all. Add all the farm tools and farm animals into the mix of the home-stuff and I may…