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    The Changing Seasons – April in Review

    April is a month so full of excitement, plans, ideas, (later than normal) seed starting, and full on Spring Fever. It’s also a month full of weed pulling, garden plotting and re-plotting, and frost warnings. I find myself intermittently holding my breathe and practicing deep breathing a lot in April. April epitomizes the changing seasons. Being new to both this…

  • Life is too short for bullsh*t and boredom! What do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
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    Life is too short…

    “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ~Mary Oliver” (Because shit happens.) Life is too short for anger, frustration, and impatience or the seething it causes deep within… (Because friends get cancer.) Life is too short to not embrace the glorious, profound, hilarious moments that are placed before us… (Because loved…

  • Live on a farm (urban, suburban, rural...) and love taking photos? So do all of us! See what farmers from all over the place are up to each month! Then, submit your photos, too!
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    Farm Photo Friday – Two

    Happy Friday, Happy May, and Welcome to our second edition of Farm Photo Friday! I am so very excited to have seven gorgeous shots to share with you today from seven awesome Farmers! To see a larger view of the gallery photos below, simply click on the photo and it will open in a larger view.   Also, don’t forget to follow the…

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    Settle in Gently

    After a week of traveling to (and all around) STL for work (a conference for Kim), family (so many cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents and great- grandparents) and friends (beautiful, wonderful, hilarious, glorious friends), we’re back home and doing our best to settle in gently.  Luckily, the weather is perfect re-entry weather as we’ve been greeted by a cloud filled,…

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    Settling in…

    Whew… We made it! Despite a few bumps in the road (I was sick, Sprout was sick, the Uhaul places here are…hmmm…let’s just say…very challenging to deal with, we had so.much.stuff to move), and thanks to some truly amazing friends and family, we made it! We’re finally in our new home, unpacking boxes, searching for clothes, finding homes for everything,…

  • Our very first Farm Photo Friday, featuring *your best farm photos!
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    Farm Photo Friday – One

    Happy Friday and Welcome to our first ever Farm Photo Friday! I am so very excited to have three gorgeous shots to share with you today from three awesome Farmers! To see a larger view of the gallery photos below, simply click on the photo and it will open in a larger view.   Also, don’t forget to follow the links…