1. That’s our new mouser, Sugar Baby. I originally named her Bronte because she came to me from the moors, cold and alone. But since then, her name has transmogrified into something else and it suits her. She’s a handful.
2. We moved the Airstream home from McCall yesterday which means we are now living in two places at once instead of three! We’re slowly simplifying our lives here (in some ways) but for now, it just feels really nice to have made it through another fire season, safe and sound.
3. We still have not moved into the farm. Robert will begin a kitchen demolition tomorrow and since we have some travels planned, we’ll be scurrying here and there and everywhere until December which is when we hope to finally move into our new place. I’m homesick for our new house. I’m homesick for my studio.
4. We picked almonds today which involves climbing a ladder and shaking the branches until they let go of the fruit. Almonds are beautiful. So many folks don’t know what an almond looks like before it winds up in a trail mix with cranberries and peanuts. Well, they come dressed up in a thick skin of chartreuse velvet. I kid you not. They’re exquisite. We have a whole orchard of the darn things. A fresh almond tastes like a squeeze of fresh marzipan. The flavor is off the charts and the nut meat moist and lovely.
5. That’s our weeping willow. That’s our trout pond. That’s our irrigation working hard. That’s our hay field. That’s our reaped hay cut and drying in a lovely swath. That’s me, making a hay angel, because how could I resist?
What a gorgeous farm cat, on a gorgeous farm! Congratulations on simplification, I hope it just gets better and better!
Before it gets better, it has to get a little worse. You should see our farm house right now — we’re mid-demolition and it’s totally terrifying!
that last photo :: testament to the perfectly perfect idyllic life you lead down on the farmy.
Xx
and a P.S. :: penelope!! sugar baby brontë!!
Life is good.
Life is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing yours 😀
My great pleasure.
You look soooooooooooooooooo happy together on that last photo (and elsewhere actually) so happy you will move soon to your home sweet home!!!
…if we ever manage to finish these renovations…………… 🙂
Can’t wait to see the new studio! I love peeks into creative spaces 🙂
I can’t wait to get in it! No more limbo!!!
You look really happy, not that you don’t normally, but there’s just this sense of contentment in your person. Cheers to your new homestead!
🙂
I like that it’s apparent!
Yay for all the yay worthy stuff. One of my lives was farmy and I enjoyed it to the max. Your place looks splendid and don’t forget to take before pictures of the kitchen. I love seeing transformation! 🙂
Thanks for reminding me! I’ll try to get a photo tonight.
Thank you for the photos. I also spend time growing my own food and creating art…Michelangelo grew grapes along with creating…it’s a pretty honest (and healthful) life :)!
I think combining a little cultivating with a full-time creative life brings a sense of humility and simplicity to the work of our hands. I’m glad to do it. And I hope to help provide for my community, too, in the years to come.
I’m so happy for you guys!!!
Thanks sweets!
Your amazing, your writing is amazing, I just enjoy all that you do;)
You’re too kind, lady. Too kind. X
Happy for you too…will be so safe with that gorgeous mouser : )
She’s small but mighty!
Wonderful! It’s my dream to have a farm one day! Also, I read you post called ‘The Same’ and I couldn’t figure out where to comment, but I loved what you had to say and as always you have such a way with words…love your fire!
Hey doll face!
I actually closed the comments on that post. I appreciate you reading it and commenting on it here. Thank you.
You have a weeping willow! That is so beautiful, all of it. So happy for you guys!
She’s the queen of our trees at the farm and we have some fantastic trees. 🙂
We are so lucky that you share your beautiful life with us. Special -kisses- to Penelope, the farm participator!!
Bless you, Karen.
Home For Christmas!!! Perfection! 4
I think a December move-in is tremendously optimistic at this point…we’re in the thick of the kitchen gutting job (including the ceiling)…it’s such a disaster zone!
“Transmogrified”! That reminds me of Calvin and Hobbs and the Transmogrifier. I miss them in the newspaper every day 🙂
They were the greatest.
I’m coming to your space a bit late but wanted to tell you that my heart literally starting flipping at these beautiful photos. I’m so very happy that you get to call this place and all those lovely creatures – yours. xoxo