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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With the help of my friend Jen and these two cutie pies, I entered the world of felting this week.  I’ve been gathering some wool sweaters at the thrift store with this purpose in mind, and I was finally ready to begin!  We took the sweaters, some dish soap, two sweet toddlers and put them ...
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(Ben’s preserved lemons-in-process: quartered, salted, smooshed into a jar, fermented 5-10 days at room temp, then put into the fridge.  The best part is you can use the whole lemon after it’s preserved, rind and all.)
It’s always incredible to me how hard the world can be, and also, how incredibly beautiful.  How thoughtless we can ...
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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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Alrighty folks – I managed to hustle and get this toddler skirt donated to Craft Hope for Haiti – it will be listed for sale in a few days in their Etsy shop here.  Sized for an 18 month old, made of super soft cotton flannel with hilarious chickens.
Please take a few moments to look ...
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I’m excited to join Hip Mountain Mama’s One Small Change project (and it’s very inspiring to see how many other folks are joining, too!).  For January, my change is to complete the weatherizing projects I started this winter, at last!  I already finished two of these draft snakes for our leaky windows, using some of ...
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her style, and this new skirt, upcycled from a vintage flannel sheet and a ribbon from a present

rutubagas bigger than Ella’s head

our beautiful Valley
icy fingers from harvesting frosty lettuce for the bakery
our animals

warmth amidst the chill

and tomorrow, rest, and a party to say farewell to a much beloved employee, Kate.

Grateful for this quote, and the book it’s from, Seven Times the Sun:
“As a parent, there is much I wish to transform in the world.  Until we transform the chaos of family life, we can never hope to transform society . . . the rhythm of family is a crucial catalyst in restoring the rhythm ...
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OK folks, here’s the low down on making grain bags.  Each full share will need 10 large bags and 4 small bags.  Each half share needs 14 small bags.  You could use mason jars instead – the advantage of the bags is that they breathe, which will allow the grains to continue curing (this is ...
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Dinner time on the farm .  . .

(photo by Jeanine Dargis)
finds Cole eating hay off of Molly’s back.  Molly has turned out to be an amazingly sweet, chill ewe.  Ben has been hard at work building us a new barn door, and while he was using a Sawz-all to cut out some of the wall, ...
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