Our new house - bought a year ago - came with two rose bushes, and this being our first Spring here, we got to see the roses for the first time. Amie also got to draw and paint one:
The context was thus:
Grandmother sitting by, also drawing the rose, and grandfather, on the other side of […]
May 21
A few weeks ago I planted seeds in the garden behind the house. In that plot I planted 4 rows of potatoes (Yukon gold and Peruvian Purple), 2 rows of onion (red and white), and a row of carrots, a row of leeks, a row of flax, and two rows of lettuce. I looked […]
During the past few months, we have struggled with finding ways to get water into the house, learning to heat and cook with wood and live much like our ancestors did. This struggle has an incredibly high learning curve. Yes, our grandmothers and great-grandmothers may have been successful at living like this, but for those […]
In the evening Amie watched March of the Penguins. We had shown it to her about half a year ago but she wasn’t interested then. This time she was, going “oh so cute!” and so forth, but really paying attention when the little chick dies of exposure and the mother mourns over it.
- what happened […]
When many of us marry, we join hands and make promises to one another, not fully understanding the gravity and seriousness of the decision. We celebrate a wedding with family and friends, but once the extravaganza and honeymoon is over, what we have left is a marriage. When we grow up, there is much focus […]
I often write about what I am doing and what I feel about it. I don’t often write about my personal struggles and failings. It is much easier to talk about how to heat with wood than admit that we struggle with our personal relationships.
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About 3 years ago my spouse and I heard of this […]
I don’t know what has been happening to my internet connection lately. Every time I attempt to post, it either won’t save or posts in a way that cannot be seen. It is very frustrating. This post may simply be a futile attempt at a post.
Things have drastically changed around here. Well, in some ways, […]
Today I am starting on another new adventure. I am starting to home school! Well, I have been homeschooling my eldest since 7th grade (with a brief stint at the local high school at the beginning of her freshman year this year). School did not work for her. She needed more academics and less social… […]
The stories that we hear about most people who downsize often are people without children, with young children, or have children who have long fled the nest. We have children in our home. In fact we have five. They range in ages from 2 to 15. Why in the world would we do such a […]
A new law will be coming into effect on 10 February, called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). It demands that all products for children aged 12 and younger be tested for lead and phthalates, and that those that haven’t been tested yet are considered hazardous and may not be sold.
It’s about time that […]
