last daze of Spring...

This is my pea trellis ... I knew they wanted some string so I made it what Greg calls a "Pea Catcher" it's like a dream catcher, well it's made like one. It's been this sort of a time here lately. Time to dream, time to play, time to create undisturbed.




Sometimes you get given a gift, not wrapped in paper but still given freely and received with love. The gift of time or the gift of traveling back in time and staying still. I am not making sense and I am sorry, but we have been spending the past few days working and loving and playing in our place here without our little fairy girl. Now, one more day, and I don't think that man of mine would be able to take it, but we certainly have been happy with what we've had. Thursday, Friday, and now Saturday and then tomorrow Sunday ... we will have had four days of sweet sweet play time with the two of us being able to work and play on our projects and neither caring what the other is doing but happily working alongside, stealing an occasional kiss or two ... it's been some sweet times here on our little farm I have to say. Now I sit, on my new-t0-me table (thank you mimi/bampy for wanting to upgrade) and type - keeping an eye out for those naughty chickens so that they just let our veggies grow for pete's sake. Chickens are inherently naughty but incredibly cute for those of you who don't know.

I haven't even mentioned the fireflies...

Not sure I can do them justice, but last night instead of a movie, we wandered outside to the most amazing firefly display we have ever seen. I will try to film it or something, but I am not sure I can capture it's beauty. The meadow was twinkling... it was spectacular. I was reminded of a similar gathering ten years ago when we called our friends together to come center energy and bless the land on which we were to marry. We had a fire and if I recall a display akin to last night.

Anyhoo, it's been a honeymoon of sorts. We even watched the moon rise over the hills. It didn't fail at all - came right up.


So, during the day, the projects have been many...

For instance, yesterday at Bibens, I decided to buy 5 pounds of potatoes. Here they are all cut and drying on the most amazing potato dryer ... our bench. It let the air get at the from all sides, which proved to be very good. Now they are even planted under straw in a newly weeded bed, but you'll have to be patient for those pictures.

I had to move the hops arbor ... it was not working quite exactly, but I didn't have to do any major work to get it moved -- I just uprooted one end of the arbor and swung it over to where I wanted it. I know nobody else will tell the difference, but now I have more space in front of the sage to breathe.
This is the path we took last night through the field -- the newest addition to our field network. It's a good think my guy likes to mow, because that stuff is getting too tall to get through easily and otherwise we wouldn't have our firefly observatory.

It's been amazing ... I will keep posting. Pictures of potatoes planted ... cucumber trellis in place ... it's coming. It'll all get done and at our pace we'll enjoy the whole process even when the little one comes back into play tomorrow night. We missed her and she loves to help. But for now, I am going to bring my honey a maple beer for being the best little chicken shed builder I know.

I know, you're curious. Trust me, it's the most beautiful building ever - or at least the most lovable.