{this moment} ~ A Friday ritual. Inspired by SouleMama. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see. xoxo, M
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I have a bookshelf full of homesteading books, resources, information, and magazines on all kinds of homesteading topics. I have dreamed about the day when we would live on enough acreage that we could easily keep livestock, grow an expansive garden, and maybe even make a bit of income from our excesses. I have practiced countless homesteading skills (canning, milking, seed starting,…
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As we pack up this old Hacienda we’ve called home for the past seven months, I find it hard to not imagine all of the stories that have taken place within these walls and on this property. As a piece of property surrounded by Native lands, one might imagine the sorrow, anger, displacement that may have (probably) occurred as outsiders…
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The days have been long and the nights short around here lately. Not sure if it’s all the excitement around moving, the stress around each of our respective jobs or Spring Fever mocking us in all of it’s hot-one-day-frigid-the-next bi-polar-ness or a combination of it all, but man am I exhausted! There is just so much to do and so…
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Are you ready for this? Yep, you’ve just been given a mini-tour of our future home! As of March 28th, we will be renting this beautiful piece of property and beginning the next leg of our homesteading journey! Yes, we did just move last fall. And yes, we are just a little bit crazy! However, this is the good kind…
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Believing that we could produce more, consume less and have a positive impact on our environment, all while living on 1/8 acre in the middle of the city, this quote became the mantra of our small family as we began our journey into a homesteading way of life. We spent 7 years building raised beds, chickens coops, and top bars bee…
