by Marissa | Oct 31, 2013 | 2013, 31 days 2013, Guest Post, Homeschool, Image-Update, Uncategorised
I know, it’s the 31st and I haven’t posted 31 Nature walks. I’m a little behind in a lot of things. Make that a LOT behind. I’m not sure if I’ll get to the rest of the posts on my list but for today, I’m delighted to share a guest...
by Marissa | Oct 25, 2013 | 2013, 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, DiscoveringSpirit, Faith, Image-Update, Life, Uncategorised
We were out collecting acorns to make acorn coffee, which is a whole other story, and the girls were running like little squirrels to fill their baskets. Before too long, Aneliese dropped her basket at the base of the oak tree and began scurrying up the...
by Marissa | Oct 22, 2013 | 2013, 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Daily Rhythm, Farm, GrowingFamily, Guest Post, Image-Update, Uncategorised
{Guest Post by Lola Brown} This year, our summer was full. Jammed to the absolute max. We moved, renovated our old house, settled in to our new farm house, built fences, accumulated animals (rapidly), raised and slaughtered our food and then quickly...
by Marissa | Oct 21, 2013 | 2013, 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Gardening, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, PursuingBeauty, Uncategorised
For well over a year now, Aneliese has been asking to have a table at the market selling flower bouquets. She loves to run out to her garden or around the pasture and yard gathering flowers for the center of the table and she really does it beautifully. At this point,...
by Marissa | Oct 20, 2013 | 2013, 31 Dayers 2013, 31 days 2013, Farm, GrowingFamily, Image-Update, Parenting, Uncategorised
We’ve done it before. All three girls riding at once I mean. Putting Aneliese and Kathleen in the saddle with Cecily in the doubler while I lead our pony, Max, means that we can leave the pasture and visit the trails. We don’t move particularly quickly but...
by Marissa | Oct 18, 2013 | 2013, 31 days 2013, Guest Post, Image-Update, JoiningCommunity, Life, Pregnancy, Uncategorised
{Guest Post by Dea Daniels} Our new gift-of-a-Labrador arrived within minutes of the phone call. Two unexpected events. One, the arrival of cheerand energy and a new beginning. The other, the announcement of a heartbreaking trauma; a loss forever etched in a mother’s...