• House & Home

    Prepping for our Homestead Move

    You guys! The feedback we’ve received across all platforms (and in real life from family, friends, and colleagues) about our impending homestead move has been nothing short of amazing! Granted, there are those who think we’re a bit off our rockers to leave our current (so lovely) rental, but most…

  • Homesteading - House & Home

    The Next Chapter

    Hello Friend! Long time no chat! How are you? How’s your fall moving along? I do hope your transition from season to season has been a smooth one! Things have continued to be rather quiet in this space, but it’s not for lack of activity, I promise. Between the closing…

  • Journal Entries

    Concussed

    Five weeks ago, Kim fell down the stairs on her way to grab a late-night snack and gave herself a concussion. I heard the tumble from our bedroom and rushed down to find her sitting on the second step from the bottom, cold tea spilt everywhere, with her head in…

  • Food Storage & Preservation

    Putting Up

    For years I participated in the weekly Harvest Monday link ups (previously hosted by Daphne, but now residing, thankfully, with Dave). I was so proud of every single ear of corn, apple, bush bean and kale leaf. I’d harvest it all, bring it all in, and painstakingly weight it *and document it.…

  • Grow - Harvest

    For the Love of Blue Corn

    I’ve always had an affinity for corn… A truly profound draw to it. I love the way it spirals up… Encircling itself as it reaches for the sun… Capturing the rain within its long outstretched leaves… Strongly rooted… Profoundly towering… Swaying in the breeze, dancing in the wind. The sounds,…

  • If we were having coffee...

    If we were having coffee…

    If we were having coffee… I’d greet you with a great big hug and thank you for joining me on this fine September morning! I’m in awe that it’s been since February (yes, February!) that we’ve taken the time to sit together for a while and catch up! But we’d…

  • Photography

    The Changing Seasons – August 2017

    Oh how I’ve missed participating in Cardinal’s monthly Changing Seasons link ups! Not just because it allows me to reflect on the month that has just passed, but also because it allows me to see how other are experiencing the passing of time in their corners of the world! Alas,…