You guys, after all of the tracking and counting and working on this blanket for over a year in order to document 365 days of our gorgeous Northern New Mexico skies, I truly couldn’t be happier with the result! Not only is this simple blanket beautiful and so very warm,…
It took 378 days, countless skeins of yarn, and about a bazillion hours… But after waking up at 2:40 this morning (heavy with the weight of my job and too much stress for the night to hold), I finally finished my Sky Blanket! And so, with the sun still hiding…
339 days of watching the skies and marking the weather… 26 more to go. Which sounds totally wonderful until I remember that I actually have 88 days left to crochet because as of right now, I am 62 days behind. Whoa! But that also means that I have already…
I’ve decided that I need to stop setting myself up for failure by taking on huge projects with multiple steps that take forever to complete and leave me feeling frustrated and unaccomplished. As I mentioned in my previous post, frustrated and unaccomplished don’t jive well with my personality type at…
There’s just something about watching the sky day after day and finding a rhythm in nature through intentional observation. I have fantasies about tracking the weather patterns on our Eventual Farm…learning the ebb and flow of nature in our own personal micro-climate…how each day of sunshine, each drop of rain,…
Holy wow! It’s been a while, hasn’t it, since we’ve sat together, sharing space, time, and a good, hot beverage?! How wonderful it is to see you! I’m enjoying black tea with milk and honey (per usual), but we have coffee and a variety of herbal teas I can happily…
As 2015 comes to a close, we’re pulling ourselves in to rest and reflecting on all that’s happened this year while beginning to allow for some new and pretty big dreams in 2016! 2015 marked for us our willingness to step into our homestead dreams in a big way…to really…
If we were having coffee I’d hug you big and thank you for meeting me out in the hustle and bustle of holiday prep! Then, I’d ask how you’re doing and what your plans are for Christmas (if you celebrate) and ringing in 2016? I’d then tell you that we’re…