i'm still recovering from quite a full week. tragically, a child passed at our school. i am still contending with japan. there was a birthday. a silent auction. i'm not quite myself.
it is always nature that comforts me and brings me back to a place of peace and calm during times that are overwhelming, tumultuous + emotional.
things that are keeping me sane:
this tutorial on making your own macrame hanging succulent garden.
these lovely terrarium images.
this inside garden diary.
this itty bitty farm blog.
this raw chocolate.
spring must finally have arrived, because i find myself tearing through garden books and seed catalogs. we are also shifting a few things around in our garden. the rabbit hutch has been moved and i am researching a way to either build a worm bin under it or have one near it. bamboo is being planted. the chicken coop i was dreaming of is sadly no longer available, so i am in the process of yet another search for the perfect chicken coop, but space has finally been made for it. fabric has been laid out to make outdoor pillows. i keep browsing the color collective blog for color design/palette ideas.
this year, i am thinking of planting lots of tomatoes (they always seem to do well and we like eating them), purple basil, cinderella pumpkins, lavender, dozens of strawberries, zucchini (even though i'm the only one who likes them), hollyhock + bush beans. i thought of attempting a melon, but we've hardly ever had success with that.
our thornless blackberry vine still hasn't shown signs of fruit, but i'm going to fertilize it anyway and see what happens.
i'm going to take a long break after this post. things have gotten quite busy at home and the family really needs my presence right now. plus, i'm longing to make some changes and i need time to figure out exactly what those changes will be. all good things, just different.
i wish you a happy spring and a happy week.
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The loss of a child is heart wrenching to watch the family go through. It seems so wrong and unfair. I'm glad the family has such a rich community to pull from. Sending my love to you all. Poppy
Posted by: Poppy Peach | March 16, 2011 at 01:31 PM
i will pray for this child and the family.
xoxo
Posted by: christina | March 18, 2011 at 05:46 PM
i'm so sorry to hear about this child, tifanie. i'm late here, but wanted to share sympathies.
i also saw that you are looking for a magical chicken coop-there is a feed store in ojai which carries chicken tractors. i had always wanted to make one myself, but this things are *fly*. if you get up that way, check them out. your squam post is beautiful. the photos are purely awesome.
Posted by: pixie | June 23, 2011 at 01:37 PM
hi pixie,
thank you for your kind words about the child who passed. that was really something.
chicken coop wise, weve had to move on from that idea and just embrace the lovely fact that we are walking distance from one of the best farmers markets in town with access to more than one choice of locally raised organic hen + duck eggs and also other kinds of eggs that i havent tried yet. our bunny hutch has taken the place of where the chicken coop was meant to go since we re-did our yard and so, alas... no chickens. ill just live vicariously through you, if you happen to get them. :)
i wish i had taken more photos in your class! but i was so busy enjoying the process, which, in the end, is a really good thing. thank you for that.
keeping my eyes out for my own set of smudging feathers...
xo tif
Posted by: tifanie | June 23, 2011 at 09:03 PM