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Happy Saturday friends!

Ohhhh boy, we've made a big decision here on the farm: we are having our big pines out front cut down, along with a maple with a pulpy hole in it, an oak with 2/3 of its base ...

Happy Saturday friends!

It's an odds and ends kind of week, random stories from the farm :-)

The story of the video above: I was just going to take a little nap and as I was falling asleep I heard...

Happy Saturday friends!

I’m back to sharing art on Substack again (click here for the newest post)! Earlier this year, a few things stalled me out: a house fire and the recovery of that, the death of...

Happy Saturday friends!

It was a good week! A great week in fact! After 3 days of working through the tech (not particularly my forte and I get frustrated quickly when things don't go right) I starte...

Happy Saturday friends!

2025 just keeps giving. I had a crazy week since I last wrote and the short version is: I didn't have a stroke. 

YAY! 

On Sunday I woke up feeling a little off. Stressed. Ti...

Above: a quick video of yet another rain storm this week, love hearing that rolling thunder!

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I’ve moved eight times in my life, nine if you count moving back into this house ...

(I love the happy sound of Purple Martins flitting around their house!)

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How often does a magic pill come along? Not the kind the makes you bigger or smaller like in Alice in ...

Happy Saturday friends!

We’ve finished week two of unpacking and miles to go before we sleep ;-) As things come out of boxes, we cover every available flat surface until night time comes and then I s...

 Happy Saturday friends!

As with most weeks lately, it’s both happy and sad: we said goodbye to our buck Poppy, and yearling goat Rosemary on Friday. If you remember Rosemary has had an autoimmune di...

Happy Saturday friends!

Before I get started: Women’s Circles: the next circle starts June 18th, contact me if you'd like to join! Wednesday nights, 6-8pm.

All through the week I had ideas on how to...