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ahhhh…. Lucy

27 Monday Aug 2012

Posted by Delena Rose in Lucy

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dog, dog with head stuck, funny dog, Lucy, Lucy's antics, silly dog

I just had to share what Lucy just did that gave me my belly laugh of the day. While I was baking in the kitchen (chocolate zucchini muffins), Lucy was busy pushing her toy ball around. It holds her evening portion of kibble and she loves to push it and eat the kibble as it escapes from a small hole in the ball. The ball makes a rumbling noise on the hardwood floor so I can usually hear her working away at it until she is done.

After a while I realized that the cabin had been very quiet and I wondered what Miss Lucy was up to. I glanced over at her cushion in the living room and there she was, lying there like nothing was out of the ordinary… a huge smile on her face… and the bathroom garbage lid stuck to her head! I burst out laughing and ran for the camera. Of course she held the pose until I was finished taking the picture, then she let me carefully remove the lid from her head.

Ahhh… Lucy! Each day I feel so blessed to share my life with such a loving and crazy companion!

 

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Lucy gets quilled… again

20 Monday Aug 2012

Posted by Delena Rose in cabin living, Lucy

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dog, Lucy, needle nose pliers, porcupine, porcupine quills, quilled

Last week my poor wonderful dog, Lucy got quilled for the second time.

The first time she was quilled she must have barely touched the porcupine as she only had eight quills in total- three in her nose (pictured above) and five in one of her front paws. The quills were not very deeply embedded so I like to believe that she was simply curious, went in for a tentative sniff and then quickly learned her lesson. She avoided the next porcupine we encountered on the side of the road a few months later so I naively assumed that she was safe from porcupine enounters.

Then last Tuesday evening when we were out for our evening walk, Lucy went leaping gracefully through some tall grass as she so often does. On her third landing she suddenly started yelping and running out of the grass. I thought that perhaps a coyote had nipped her and was chasing her (we run into them often but the encounters are never threatening) so I went running towards Lucy with my hiking poles ready to defend her. As Lucy came running towards me I saw that she was holding her body posture very awkwardly and that the entire inner parts of her front legs and her chest were covered in porcupine quills! It was quite gruesome and she seemed to have morphed into some kind of spiky X-men character. She must not have smelled the porcupine in the tall grass. Perhaps the wind was blowing away from her… And judging by the location of the quills, she must have landed right smack on top of the prickly animal. Lucy looked confused and in pain as she limped toward me. Lucky we were not far from home and we slowly made our way back to the cabin.

As we walked home I was wondering if I would be able to take out the quills myself. Last time Lucy was quilled, she was very jumpy and it took me almost two hours to trick her into letting me get close enough to pull the quills out. I was amazed and so proud of Lucy when this time around when she came right over to me and let me snip the tips off of the quills with a pair of scissors. Then she stood very still (she was actually trembling and probably in shock) while held her with one arm and quickly plucked out all of the quills from one of her legs with needle nose pliers. I gave her a few minutes to rest and walk around, then I called her again and did the other leg. After another short break I pulled the quills from her chest area and after a thorough body search found a few quills on the inside of her back legs.

Unfortunately I did not take a picture of her before pulling the quills out. It did not even enter my mind this time around. As soon as I saw Lucy’s quills my only thought was to get them out as quickly as possible. In total I pulled out 141 quills and found 2 more the following day. Since then, Lucy has been more careful on our walks and keeps to the wide path a lot more and she completely avoids the patch of tall grass where she encountered the porcupine!

I’m happy to say that Lucy is doing great! She was tender for a few days but there were no signs of infection and she recovered very quickly. She’s even started leaping again… but she has been keeping to the path where the grass is much shorter!

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paying attention to January

12 Thursday Jan 2012

Posted by Delena Rose in appreciate the seasons, be mindful

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dog, dried grass, dried leaves, January, looking closely at nature, Lucy, mindfulness, seed pods, snow, winter photographs

It has been unseasonably warm this past week so I have happily been able to spend much more time outdoors. This has been a rare treat as I do miss the long hours of being fully immersed in the natural world. This week, while the temperatures were well above zero degrees (C), I couldn’t resist taking the camera out for a walk and taking time to once again, look closely at the profound beauty of our natural world.

Everything, a bird, a tree, a simple stone, and certainly a human being, is ultimately unknowable ~Eckhart Tolle

In his book, A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle writes about ‘mental labels’ and our human tendency to label objects around us. Once we know the ‘name’ of something, we immediately stop inquiring about it and, instead, we fall under the illusion that we know all there is to know about that object. This often prevents us from fully experiencing the awesome beauty, wonder and mystery of life.

The quicker you are in attaching verbal or mental labels to things, people, or situations, the more shallow and lifeless your reality becomes, and the more deadened you become to reality, the miracle of life that continuously unfolds within and around you. ~Eckhart Tolle

When you look at it or hold it and let it be without imposing a word or mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arrives within you.~Eckhart Tolle

The other day I was watching some birds at the feeder outside the window. As an exercise, I deliberately refrained from labeling anything. For example, instead of thinking: “That’s a bird sitting on a branch eating a berry…”, I reminded myself that everything is ultimately connected (We are One). To keep my mind busy, I thought, “That is Oneness, sitting on Oneness eating Oneness…” Looking at the bird in this way, and with a truly inquisitive mind, I was able to see it fresh and new, as though for the very first time. As I continued to observe and be fully open to the experience, the little bird suddenly cocked its head and I found this simple movement so profoundly beautiful that I began to weep.

To help me refrain from labeling and thus experience my reality more spontaneously and with wonder, I sometime focus on the experience of the ‘architecture’ or the texture of an object. Sometimes I use my imagination to try to experience the object as though I were the size of an ant…

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. ~Bhudda

Nature has no desire to be anything than what it is. When you are able to experience nature unspoiled by human intervention, you can feel the depth of peace and harmony in its expression. You will be awed by the complex interworking of nature to support itself and to provide for a multitude of life. ~William Lovett

Nature has no beliefs or no reason to desire anything outside of itself. Nature has so much to teach us about simplicity in action. It is the awareness of unity consciousness that nature can teach if you can be open to it. Sit with nature whenever possible and let the silence become your experience. This silence is your portal to the awareness that you seek. When you can quiet the mind your connection to nature will develop. Your spirit and the unity that nature represents will dance together expanding your awareness more than ever before. ~William Lovett

I often find that it is when I remove my preconceived notions about what I expect to discover both in nature and in everyday life, that I immediately expand the scope of possibility from limited to limitless, and I become completely open to being surprised.

In nature there are no static and stable “things”; there are only ever-changing, ever-moving processes. Rain is a good example to illustrate this point. Though we use a noun called “rain” which appears to denote a “thing,” rain is nothing but the process of drops of water falling from the skies. Apart from this process, the activity of raining, there is no rain as such which could be expressed by a seemingly static nominal concept. The very elements of solidity(pathavi), liquidity (apo), heat (tejo) and mobility (vayo), recognized as the building material of nature, are all ever-changing phenomena. Even the most solid looking mountains and the very earth that supports everything on it are not beyond this inexorable law of change.~Lily de Silva

I couldn’t resist adding this irreverent picture of Lucy, engaged in what looks to be a highly enjoyable activity: paws straight up in the air, rolling in some pungent animal essence. This girl is my greatest teacher, daily demonstrating how to fully embrace life and live in the present moment each minute of the day. This teacher always knows how to put a smile on my face!

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Happy Adoption Day, Lucy!

23 Friday Dec 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in Lucy

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adoption day, beautiful dog, companion, dog, loyal dog, Lucy, NASAP, rescue dog

On this day, just one year ago, I drove to Edmonton to meet a very special pup. I had been looking for an adult rescue dog and had seen Lucy’s picture on the NASAP website. For some reason I kept returning to her picture (below):

She looked so cute and intelligent! And even though I had seen a few other dogs on other animal rescue websites I just had this gut feeling that I should just go and see her first. I made the appointment to meet her at her foster mom’s in Edmonton and drove out from Pigeon Lake.

For me, it was love at first sight. I observed her mature attitude and calmness and interest in me. Her foster mom filled me in on what little they knew of Lucy: that she was a stray, that she was very thin when they found her and that they had to shave off her fur because her long red coat was so dirty and matted. I sat on the floor with her for half and hour and pressed my forehead to hers, asking her (in my mind) if she would like to come home with me? I felt a calm ‘yes’ and so I signed the papers. We left the house and Lucy jumped into the back seat of my truck without any anxiety and promptly went to sleep.

The first three months were not always easy. Yes, she was the perfect companion when we were alone, but she was very suspicious of other people and did not like other dogs (especially other females). To help socialize her in a supportive environment we attended obedience classes and visited off-leash parks with other dogs and owners from the class.

In this past year Lucy has had many adventures in the bush and she has showed an uncanny wisdom when dealing with wildlife. For example, she LOVES to chase deer, mice, squirrels and grouse but she keeps her distance from the skunks, porcupines and moose. We have had bear and recently cougar sightings on our trail out back and during those times Lucy stuck right by my side, never leaving me.

Another story demonstrating her protectiveness was when I was accidentally hit on the head (very hard!) last summer with a long wooden board. I dropped to the ground and waited while my friend ran to get ice. Lucy laid right beside and did not leave my side. My friend, a doctor, checked my vital signs then sent me to bed (still iced) to rest. Again, Lucy stayed right at my side for hours (lying on the floor) and did not even leave to eat her usual evening meal in the kitchen.

Lucy has come a long way over these past 12 months. She is no longer suspicious of most people (although I love it that she still barks ferociously when there is a knock at the door). She is playful with other dogs although, like me, she seems to prefer to be alone. Lucy is my clock, my skiing/hiking partner, my confidant, my playmate, my driving partner and yes, truly my best friend. I am so grateful for her constant love and companionship and I wish her many happy healthy dog years to come!

Happy Adoption Day, Lucy!

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Lucy’s ready for her close up

13 Tuesday Dec 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in Lucy

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dog, dog with hat, dressed up dog, funny pets, Lucy, pets, silly dog

Our dogs truly are gifted companions and I am so grateful to share my life with such a loving animal. Whenever I need cheering up, Lucy always seems to find a way to make me laugh. Sometimes she acts goofy, hunting and pouncing on a tiny piece of  fuzz on the carpet, always glancing over to make sure I am watching and laughing… (This is a big deal as Lucy rarely plays or performs.) Or she’ll come and sit next to me, smiling into my eyes and letting me hold her paw as we sit enjoying the stillness together… The best times though, the times that get the biggest belly laughs, are when she lets me dress her up. She never resists but always stands patiently while I gently guide her paws through the shirt sleeves, or standing perfectly still while balancing a hat on her head while I try to take a picture of her. The reason this is so funny is that she always looks so unimpressed... and I just find her facial expressions so hilarious that I cannot help but ‘bust a gut’ laughing. Here’s her Casablanca shot taken last spring… “Here’s Lookin’ at you… Kid.”

“Yo yo yo…Wassup?”

Do you remember last summer when Lucy had a hotspot on her leg and I had to make her wear shirts (and a cone at night) to stop her from licking it? Seeing as we are both redheads, she actually looks pretty good in my clothes!

Being silly on her bed in a white pajama shirt…

An impromptu nap while sporting a red flannel shirt…

Ahhh, this little hat brings back memories of when I took some neighborhood kids out for ice cream at the Village. There was a trunk sale on and M found this sweet little hat in a cardboard box marked ‘free’. So he took it and we put it on Lucy, tightening the string so that it stayed on nicely. Later, as we ate our ice cream on a bench on the board walk, Lucy received so many compliments on her ‘look’ and she was very charming and smiled with all of the attention.

So this morning, to cheer myself up, I put another one of my hats on Lucy and sure enough, I just could not stop laughing at her (With her? No, she wasn’t laughing… However she did give me all of her best angles for the photographs…) She is just such a little comedian… You know, one of those comedians who are so funny (and know it) but yet manage to never crack a smile… Yeah… that’s Lucy! 🙂

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Lucy in winter

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in Lucy

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best friend, dig, dog, Lucy, roll, snow, walks

She is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are her life, her love, her leader. She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart. You owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion.~Unknown

Lucy is a fellow lover of winter and she is a joy to watch on each of our twice-daily walks. Each morning she wakes me with a cold, wet nose, anxious to start the day. I feed her and then she patiently waits while I sip hot water and eat some fruit. If I take too long she reminds me to get back on task by nosing me or putting her paws on my lap. As I dress for the walk, Lucy’s excitement builds and she begins to pace. Finally, I let her out the back door and watch as she leaps and bounds toward the woodshed with incredible grace and boundless joy.

Lucy truly is herself out here in the woods. She is comfortable, confident, respectful of other wildlife and completely aware of every sound, scent and movement. She stays reasonably close and often makes eye contact as a way of ‘checking in’.

Lucy loves to hunt for mice and it doesn’t take her long to dig deep holes in the snow with her large paws while following a scent.
It is amazing how deep she can go…!!!

I always love the moment when she pops her head back out.

Of course, like most dogs, she also loves rolling in the snow, picking up the scent of whatever was left behind by some other animal. I tease her and tell her that she’s ‘putting on her perfume’. Usually she smells quite sweet and clean when she rolls in the snow, but once in a while she’ll roll in something raunchy (like a dead frog in summer or coyote scat) and then I’m a little more reluctant to cuddle with her later!

Ahhhh…. pure ecstasy.. She actually acts drunk whenever she does this.

If I had to describe Lucy in one word, it would be ‘jaunty’. This next photo completely captures this in her…

During and after the walk, Lucy often tends to the ice balls that form in her large, beautiful paws.

And finally, home again. Lucy spends the rest of the morning on the front deck, snoozing, following the sun, and watching the world go by.

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Leaping Lucy

09 Wednesday Nov 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in Lucy

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dog, fox, hunting, jumping, leaping, Lucy

For the last two months I have been following Lucy around, camera in hand, peeping in the bushes like an annoying paparazzi trying to capture this amazing new thing that she’s been doing… Lucy has been leaping. Yes, I know that all dogs leap and jump but over the last two months, Lucy has turned into this graceful ballerina, leaping incredibly high into the air (at least 5 feet sometimes), arching her entire body and then pouncing on prey, just like a coyote or fox.

She never used to do this. It started with her bouncing very high on one spot in pursuit of squirrels…

Sorry, this next one is blurry but it gives you an idea of her springiness when jumping from a standing position.

Then she started incorporating bouncing into her hunting. Then the bouncing got higher and more graceful. Here is her exact position just before pouncing (from an ‘at rest’ position). Always perfectly still with that left paw raised and ears and eyes wide open…

Then POUNCE!!! I always seem to be a second too late (and always behind her), catching her just as she is coming down from her leap. So I persevere, following her, photographing her, trying to catch the ‘money shot’ with her frozen in mid-air right at the height of her glorious leap… One day I’ll capture it and will share it with you.
Here are my best shots so far…

My personal favorite (though very difficult to photograph) is when she is in the field in the high grass where she completely disappears. Suddenly, she’ll start leaping, these high graceful leaps in the air, one right after another (sometimes seven in a row), tirelessly popping up like a piece of popcorn… huge smile on her face… pushing forward like a strong swimmer doing the butterfly stroke in a sea of grass…

Lucy’s hunting is very fox-like and I found a very interesting podcast recently from CBC’s Quirks and Quarks, which talks about the leaping behavior of the Red Fox. Apparently, they become very still and locate the prey by sound and/or sight. Then they leap up high in the air and pounce on the prey. Scientists have found that they have a 74% success rate when they align their pouncing with magnetic north (which they apparently ‘see’) and only a 13% success rate when leaping randomly in other directions. Here is another website with a great article and incredible video of a fox capturing ‘invisible’ prey under deep snow. Although not as adept as this fine fox, Lucy also loves to screw her face and whole body into deep snow, so I love watching this.

Lucy truly does bring light and joy into my life. She also brings grace and wonder. Funny, how she is just simply being herself, expressing herself fully and beautifully and completely in her ‘dogness’. She inspires me to do the same (in my ‘girlness’). 🙂

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in preparation for winter

07 Monday Nov 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in appreciate the seasons

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artichoke, dog, garden, greenhouse, hike, Lucy, preparing for winter, squirrel, wreath

Winter is almost here and my daily work schedule has been changing in response to the shorter days and much cooler temperatures. Like the squirrel that lives in the woodshed (pictured above gathering hawthorn berries), I have been very busy preparing for the coming cold months…

This time of year, the rising sun greets me just as I also am ‘rising’ each morning. I like to sit quietly, sipping my hot water and reflecting on the beauty that surrounds me and nourishes my spirit. Now that the leaves have fallen, I have a much better view of the sunrises and the lake.

The Autumn colors are completely done now. Not a single yellow leaf remains. The wild plants and grasses are brown, dry and brittle. Lucy and I still hike every morning and evening on the trails behind the cabin. Each morning the heavy frost crunches under my feet and I am getting excited about the coming snow (lots of snow, please!) and trading in my hiking boots for cross country skis…

The Autumn chores are slowly getting done. Last week my neighbor K came over and together we blew out my irrigation system (I have ‘underground’ water both at the greenhouse and all the way out to the Medicine Wheel garden). I also cleaned out the greenhouse and did more tidying in the veggie garden in preparation for spring.

By the way, I am finding that there are still many interesting things to discover and photograph around the garden. Here are some artichokes that I never got around to harvesting:

Finally, I took down the Autumn wreath of orange and yellow Chinese lanterns and replaced it with the red berry winter wreath. This week I plan on sweeping the roof, cleaning the eaves troughs, raking the remaining leaves in the front yard, bringing in the last of the outdoor furniture and building Lucy a dog house. Then I should be ready for winter…

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the night noises

22 Thursday Sep 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in appreciate the seasons, cabin living, Lucy

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barking, birds, cat, catnip, chirping, coyotes, dog, ducks, fox, geese, howling, Lucy, night, night noises, yipping

 There are so many rich layers to living out here.

There are the early mornings with their golden morning light, dewy grasses, crisp clean air and lively chirping birds. On our walks we can hear the cows mooing and a robust rooster crowing from a farm down the road. We often get to see and hear the hawk pair that live at the edge of the trail and lately we have been sighting a family of grouse that are often in the brush near the cabin.

The afternoons are usually warmer and quiet, unless it is a hot summer day and then there are the boat noises on the lake. Otherwise it’s just peaceful with the buzzing of insects, the songs of various birds and the sounds of whatever task I am working on (hammer, saw, paintbrush, lawn mower, shovel in dirt, humming, Lucy barking at squirrels…)

Out here though, it is the nights that are the most interesting. I often forget about the many nocturnal animals that do all of their hunting, eating, grazing and exploring under the cover of darkness. I like to read out on the deck as the sun is going down. At a certain point when it becomes too dark to read, the birds will stop their chirping. It is not quiet for long, however… far from it. This is the magical time when, in the summers, the bats come out from their daytime sleep and fill the night with the flapping of tiny leathery wings. There are many of them and they fly so close to you it is a wonder that they never seem to touch or land. This month, hundreds of ducks and geese can be heard having a conference on the shores of the lake. Sometimes their discourse carries on far into the night. During the day they fly overhead with hundreds of the water birds forming one gigantic “V” in the sky…

Then there are the coyotes with their nightly high-pitched barks and wailing. I used to think that their howls were eerie and once, when they were howling very close by (sending chills up and down my spine), I went outside and whistled loudly and they stopped at once. It was suddenly so quiet that I immediately felt sad for having stopped them. I never did it again, instead I now let them howl to their hearts content and always laugh when the neighborhood dogs join in one by one (Lucy included).

Last spring it was the foxes. During their mating season I began sighting grey and red and cross foxes nearby and finding their scat around the property. Then I began hearing them at night, crying out with their own unique yips and barks and howls. At first I thought it was so beautiful… until they chose to hang around the very back of the property, so close that I couldn’t sleep through the racket. Finally, on the third night (in a row) at around 3 am I went outside, armed with a few pots and pans, and grumpily trudged out to the back woods. By the light of a full moon, I banged and clashed the pots together and firmly requested that the fox go away and howl somewhere else. It worked but only for half an hour or so! Then they were back, seemingly even closer to my bedroom window this time! I finally gave up and took to sleeping with a pillow over my head until the last fox had found a mate.

It is in the night, not the day, that I often encounter animals…  coyotes, fox, huge (and tiny) owls, a confident black dog strutting down the highway with shining black eyes… and a large stray cat who comes nightly to woo (and rub up against) my catnip plant in the herb garden (which will be transplanted to a different spot next spring)!

Last night, as Lucy and I returned home from a city visit, she disappeared around the side of the cabin. The next thing I knew she had raced up onto the deck and was barking (her ‘intruder’ bark) at something from above. As I let her into the house, I noticed a powerful musky smell on her. She must have been sprayed by some nocturnal animal. I thought perhaps it was a skunk just warning her not to come any closer but perhaps it was some other animal…? Maybe the cat…? She did not get a full-fledged S-P-R-A-Y (yikes!!!!!!) but it was still strong enough that her eyes were watery and itchy (she kept rubbing her face into her blanket) and I had to sleep with my nose buried under my own blanket until the morning.

Yes, the days are quiet and peaceful out here but the nights… the nights are so lively! With no traffic noise to compete with the wildlife or street lights preventing the moonlight from touching our faces, it truly is a magical life.

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an invitation to join us…

22 Friday Jul 2011

Posted by Delena Rose in more about us

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country life, dog, hike, nature, walk

Lucy and I have just come in from our evening walk. When we left it was pouring rain outside and I had one of those fleeting sulky moments where I thought to myself, ‘If I didn’t have a dog I would be curled up by the fireplace with a good book right now instead of putting on rubber boots and raingear…!’ Of course as soon as I got outside and breathed in the fresh air and looked around at the glistening trees and wild plants dripping with rain and walked on that soft carpet of moss I was so glad that I had come out and joined in this natural event. There was even a little spring in my step as I headed down the grassy trail.

In the evenings, Lucy and I often hike part of the same trail that we take every morning, but keeping it shorter and saving the longer walk for earlier in the day. This particular evening, the sun shone brightly through some gaps in the clouds and just as we were heading home, I happened to glance up and see a beautiful rainbow arching across the sky. Knowing that I was going to write this first entry as soon as I got back, I thought, ‘What a great start!’

This blog is dedicated to people who, like myself, are passionate about: respecting the earth, walking in nature, observing wildlife, eating a local diet, making do with what you have, buying handmade, repurposing, organic gardening, foraging for wild plants and fungi, natural health, scrumptious healthy cooking, doing renovations and other DIY projects, crafting, their dogs, taking time for stillness, and living a life in tune with the seasons.

As I have already lived here for ten months (and Lucy for seven) we have much to catch up on! I hope that some of these posts resonate with you, whether you live in the country and are having similar experiences, or perhaps are planning to move out of the city some day and want to learn more about the many facets of country life and natural living. I look forward to learning from you and with you and invite you to join us as I share stories from our daily lives here at the cabin, complete with all of its challenges, joys, and moments of wonder.

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