With temperatures in the high 40s and mid-50s for well over a week now, our property is a mess of mud and puddles everywhere the sun hits (and yet still pure sheets of ice where it doesn’t). The mud makes taking care of the animals a definite chore…especially when hauling water or trying to contain a bouncing, 100 pound puppy…
-
-
In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been allowing myself the space to rest… to do nothing…or very little… while dreaming big and allowing my desires to float up to the top and dance in front of my imagination. In the Quiet that is January, I’ve been brainstorming ways to make this part-time homesteading gig a full time one… how…
-
After nine years of partnership, Kim and I finally tied the knot on September 5th in our very own Farm Wedding! We planned and prepped and pulled everything together with a nine week turnaround time and enjoyed the most phenomenal weekend filled with family and friends, food and shots, hilarity and ridiculousness. Friends and family (including my very best friend…
-
Happy 2nd Birthday, Sweet Ember! How quickly the last two years have passed and how quickly you are growing and learning every single day! I am so grateful for your sweet kisses and your bear hugs and I love how you love the goats and chickens and turkeys and cats and dogs with every cell in your being, and I love how…
-
Today, in celebration of what would have been my mom’s 63rd Birthday, I’ve written something a little different than I normally write in this space. It’s raw and vulnerable and honest and I hope you’ll give it a read despite it having absolutely nothing to do with homesteading. xoxo, M ::::: Had you not left us almost 10 years ago,…
-
Today is The Day, my Friends! The day my Partner officially becomes my Wife! I truly couldn’t be more excited or more blessed! But before you call me crazy…No, I’m really not online today (#1 Ain’t nobody got time for that! 😉 and #2 Yes, we’re having an “unplugged” ceremony)! I simply scheduled this to remind all of you who…
