haven’t visited my tumblr in ages. but now, just to say goodbye.
ending http://longestacres.blogspot.com. back to diaries, and letters, and real photo albums, and the privacy of all of that for now. so long. and thank you for reading both iletaitunefois and longestacres.
and the first and final gratutious picture of our new farm puppy.
my darling readers of iletaitunefois. you may have noticed i’ve been terribly quiet on the blog front these past few weeks.
well…..its nothing dramatic…and certainly doesn’t warrant being drawn out for even these three sentences, but …..
i have a new blog. and its on blogger. not tumblr. i feel traitorous even saying that, but i like the capabilities that blogger offers better. there.
so without further ado may i present to you miss http://longestacres.blogspot.com
if you would like to keep up with my comings and goings, please do so here.
how quickly can a week go by? last weekend i drove up to the berkshires to see my parents and cousins and to see my oldest friend marry. it was a ridiculously quaint & satisfying weekend. with lots of squash and sweet potatoes eaten. a fall festival in little ashfield, mass complete with fried dough covered in maple cream. bonnie’s beautiful wedding in the old book mill over looking a waterfall. morning walks with mom & rudy. and i even got stuck in a hail storm in brooklyn for good measure.
and now all of a sudden i’m back. though i’ve already been back five days. i’m as busy as ever…trying to get all flowers and herbs and veggies out of the gardens before the frost. and i love it all. as always. but i do sincerely wish that weekend could have lasted just a smidge longer.
i cannot believe this used to be the beginning of my day as i climbed the stairs to the UBS building just above. how one’s world can change in four years.
Commuters make their way through Grand Central Terminal as the sun shines in through the east windows in New York.
Gorgeous. I love this photo.
(via)
the itgetsbetterproject.
this week is our one year anniversary….of quitting our jobs. we loved our jobs, but this really was the best decision i think we’ve ever made. its been a heckuva year. its taken us from california to the french alps to north carolina. we’ve grown our little family from us & rudy to include two little pigs, a goat, a couple thousand honey bees, a mama hen and her baby chicks, and two roosters (but they ran away).
so happy anniversary nick. here’s to many more phenomenally fun years.
good morning. this is edelweiss. he’s our new goat….well, not new as in just born, but new to our house. he is the son of flea. flea was our favorite goat. she died this summer while we were away. it just about broke my heart. but she did leave with us two lovely kids. edelweiss and onyx. edelweiss has fallen ill and we feel we owe it to his mother to baby him and make him better. so he sleeps in the shed behind our house on a bed of hay. i give him molasses on his food and lots of hugs and kisses. and nick and i argue over who loves him more. this morning we had a glass of oj while i read edelweiss the funnies from the new yorker.
today i am thankful…
for being the last one up today
for it being that perfect chilly morning where you don’t want to leave the blankets, and you don’t need to
for coming down to my cousin’s house for french toast and bacon and tea
for having a friend and her friends and children come to visit the farm and do chores with me
for the grass that’s finally growing so the sheep and the cows and the goats can graze and not have to eat hay
for the trail run with elizabeth this afternoon
for laundry drying on the line and for cows for neighbors
for the little goat nick is nursing back to health in our kitchen
for another big dinner at the hay barn tonight
for the pack of halloween-colored oreos i shamelessly finished off today
for this north carolina autumn that is just beginning
do i remember? we were the talk of winter weekend after that performance…..weren’t we?? let’s add “duet practice” to the very long but awesome list of things we need to do next week.
Hey Kate, remember when we sang this? perhaps it’s too soon, but since we’re officially in autumn it’s making me think that it’s time to start planning for this years Christmas song.
here are more pictures of yesterday. this time with eyes open.
We had plans all along to go visit our friends Nick & Kate on their farm in Snow Camp, NC. When we talked last week I gave Kate one task “Find the best tree on the whole farm to have a picnic under”. Sadly, the rain kept our outdoor picnic at bay - so we sat around the table at their little farm…
nice. both of us with our eyes closed. either way, open or shut this girl and her family gave us big smiles yesterday. they came for a farm lunch and after, we walked the property in the pouring rain showing them everyone.
its been hard to socialize at times. here on the farm. we love our work. but our work completely consumes us most days & nights. and we miss our friends. a lot. so it means the world to us when we get to see brent and melissa and little everly. now we need to get back on our summer schedule of planning fun outings with them.
…next up fried turkey legs and twinkies at the north carolina state fair.
its raining. quite nearly cats and dogs. weather.com seems to mock us farmers. first we want rain. we need rain. then when we have our rain, we need sun. it’s a very simple but delicate equation. rain + sun = things grow. too much hot hot sun + too many buckets of pouring rain = scorching then drowning.
happy birthday mama. these rainy morning glories are for you. your present is on its way. have a wonderful, horse-filled weekend in kentucky.
i love love love you.
happy mountain day smithies. i hope you have some sunshine. it is a rainy one here.
JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO NORTHAMPTON AND PICK SOME APPLES, YOU GUYS.
