• Create

    Reading and Making

    I am currently re-reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, a book drenched in history with deep, rich, story-telling…and Vampires. I have been searching for a book to read for what feels like forever, and have started several that I just couldn’t quite get into. They all required too much thinking and what I really wanted was to just dive into…

  • Local Bite

    #LocalBite Mini Challenge – Week Three

    I have a confession to make: Despite my great intentions last week, I simply was not able to push a few seeds into the soil. Utter failure. I could blame to 100* days or my exhaustion or the sickness that has plagued our house for a month now or the fact that the acequia is completely dry or the massive…

  • If we were having coffee...

    If we were having coffee…

    If we were having coffee, I would give you a great big hug and thank you kindly for making the long trek out to join me in the orchard for a hot cuppa! We would start off our time together by sitting quietly for a few moments… Sipping hot goodness in the fresh, cool morning air… Listening to the acequia…

  • Chickens

    Country Chickens

    Despite my romanticized visions of perpetually gorgeous views with all sorts of beautiful farm animals frolicking about it’s becoming abundantly clear that real life often looks a bit different. Case in point: Country chickens. They are a funky bunch. They are brave and stupid. (Stupidly brave?) They escape the coop and get attacked by dogs. When the survive, they’re usually…

  • Local Bite

    #LocalBite Mini Challenge – Week Two

    I have to admit, I almost didn’t make it here today. Between sheer exhaustion and a full blown stomach flu over the weekend (which is still rumbling today), it’s been a rough few days, but I made it! And, despite my super busy work day on Saturday, I did in fact remember to purchase a new-to-me item for last week’s…