Do you see how tantalizingly close this sweater is?  Must. finish.
Even though truly warm weather is a ways off, and I’ll probably still be wearing the occasional sweater in May, my little polar bear was already walking around in short sleeves yesterday.
And also, some new words.  Definitely in progress, but here we go.
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March
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Hope you’re enjoying the weekend, folks.  Here, I’m trying to get over a serious case of the crankies (seems to be making the rounds at our house – hmmm.)
We are . . .
sending out some love to family and friends (and you too – Happy Valentine’s Day!)

Loving this book, which arrived from the library just ...
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First, I just want to say welcome to all the readers who came over from my interview swap with Heather of Shivaya Naturals.  I’m so glad you stopped by!  Usually I do a Gratitude Friday post, but since we had the fun interviews yesterday, let’s go for Gratitude Saturday.  Shall we?

Grateful for Solstice Bulbs still ...
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Today, we are so lucky to have a few moments to share with the incredible Heather, of Shivaya Naturals.  Heather and I did an interview swap this week – you’ll find her interview with me at her blog, Shivaya Naturals.

Heather and her family (a husband and two young sons Jacob and Elwood) live in Colorado, ...
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(using the apartment’s towel rack to wind some Mountain Mohair)
First, can I just say that it is so good to be home?  We went to Montreal for two reasons, really.  One is that without physically removing ourselves from home and work, we have a really hard time not working.  Second, when we do travel, we ...
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The drive to Montreal:
Last year – lots of screaming, by everyone.
This year – no screaming (phew!). Ben driving, beat-boxing and jiggling his entire body to try and stay awake. Me in the back seat, hunched over to nurse Ella in her car seat until she blessedly falls asleep. She wakes up just ...
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(photo by Ben – Local Wheat Cranberry Pecan Bread from Thanksgiving – yum)
I am excited to continue with the Ten Steps posts, really I am.  I even started on a post for steps four and five, but I stopped because I wasn’t feeling as inspired as it warrants.  Plus, it’s good to take a breather, ...
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Today – cold, raining.  November weather at last.  Everyone cranky, scrambling to write our NE SARE grant before deadline, preparing for a crazy frenzy of Thanksgiving baking tomorrow (cranberry pecan bread made with local wheat! pies!) , meetings, cleaning grain with some wonderful help down at the Granary.  Or rather, sitting in the car, nursing ...
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Hello friends.  Don’t forget to keep entering the Local Bread Giveaway – it’s so fun to hear from all of you!

On Sunday, we had a big tri-birthday celebration, aka a pie extravaganza.  I proposed to my dear friend Seth, and our farm apprentice Jeanine (the other two birthdays) that we try birthday pies instead of ...
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Grateful for
winter wheat and spelt trials in the ground – beautiful rare heirloom seeds, thanks to the USDA seed bank

my mom here visiting us for a few brief days of brilliant leaves
the Garlic and Arts Fest
millet and Job’s tears grain trials, almost ready to harvest

this beautiful hat, made when Ella was born by my dear ...
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