In his final days, nothing brought Yoda, more joy than creating a mud puddle for himself that he dug, and then spent half the summer in. Tragedy struck our farm not long ago… Yoda, our bestest boy ever crossed the rainbow bridge. He was a...
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Haus of Nakke Today, the sky is blue with puffy clouds. But it was only a couple days ago now, that I looked up to see the winter grey of unfallen snow, up above in the sky. I am a New Englander, we are like the Irish. Perhaps all coastal and or...
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Muffins By some miracle of the Fairy Queen in the woods, we seem to still have power. In fact, Henry, is far weaker than we thought it would be. Still, the forest is dancing around us. Bending and blowing, partnering with rain falling from the...
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Apothecary I have spent some time now studying herbalism through Cornell University. It has been amazing and interesting for those that love to use nature to heal. Living out here it is rather imperative to keep an apothecary of healing herbs...
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Hand Lotion This stuff smells amazing! Vanilla and Jasmine, strike the most beautiful note in this medicated moisturizing hand lotion that I make by winging it on the homestead. I mix a bit of this and a bit of that, on dreary days like today, in...
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Pikku Pikku, the dog, is a bit of a handful. Partly just because she is huge. Partly because she is all sass and teenage doggy angst. Very sweet, good heart but what a naughty one. We love her very much though certain issues have come up. The...
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Little Stella, being silly. One thing is guaranteed, when you keep goats. They are endlessly searching for a way out of their enclosure. Endlessly putting in a concerted effort to even invent one. Here, they have opened up a hole in the fence...
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Homemade skin care. The grey hangs in the air today. But the trees are whispering in the woods. They speak of a lady in a bright leaf green dress, with flowing hair the color of daffodils riding a barn swallow. They say, she is returning. She...
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Early crocuses. It feels like winter… Cold today. Clouds invade the sky, they hang there making a concerted effort to blot out the sun. But she has become too powerful to be muted. She peaks through in breaks between the clouds, fighting...
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