6.11.2012

this weekend

i had my mom visit. we picked wild strawberries. we ate a whole cake. we visited the swimming pond again and again and again. we read. we napped. we watched the kittens play. we bricolĂ©-d. we moved fences.  i taught mom that the electric screw thing is commonly called a drill. she re-taught me the wonders of using conditioner. we spent last night finishing a bottle of wine and snuggling with the animals on the couch. we woke up with the sun at 5:15 this morning, i had hot tea, she had iced tea. and then i went down to the barn to wake the animals and she continued on her way home.

there is nothing quite as calming for me as a weekend with my mother on the farm. whenever i feel a pang for our former lives in north carolina or california or france i like to remember how amazing it is to live within a morning's drive of our families.

and, remember that  neighbor who came by to give me hot soup and some perspective on the crap weather? well, he just recently also gave us his yurt. it has been sitting by the pond for nearly a decade now and he wants to pass the torch. so, it is ours. our neighbor gave us a yurt. i spent the morning cleaning and preparing it for an onslaught of summer guests. this is right up there with the 100 bales of hay our other neighbor gave us. and the blossoming tomato plants. and the chocolate covered almonds. and once a literal cup of sugar. and the quart of lard.

vermonters certainly seem to know how to do the neighbor thing quite well.

happy monday to you all.

18 comments:

  1. When I saw the first picture, I thought "YURT"! That is fabulous and my oh my, what a neighbor! I am so sorry for your loss. Warm thoughts and prayers from Arkansas.

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  2. You should rent the """yourte" to visitors....I would love to leave Paris and have a break in Vermont;-))))

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  3. How fabulous, a Yurt! I can't wait to see more photos and hear of fun adventures with all it's visitors. :)

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  4. i won't lie. I just goggled "yurt". even though i'm from iowa, there were no yurts near my house! (at least that i know). what a lovely weekend! i bet the wild strawbs were delicious! xoxo

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  5. a yurt, how amazing! your blog is so beautiful. :) thanks for sharing snippets of your life on the farm... it's truly an inspiration!

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  6. I love your blog and visit it often! I loved your comment and your neighbor's on the 'shit' weather. I live in SE Alaska, Juneau specifically; and our summer has been more like fall. Green scenery and lush forests are great, but so is a little sun here and there. I feel ya!!

    happy farming :)

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  7. Do you give your neighbors goods as well?

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  8. we give them milk and eggs and yogurt every week. we have a ways to make it up to a yurt. but we give what we can and they give what they can. that's what's so beautiful about this place.

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  9. What wonderful neighbours you have....a yurt ...I'm soooo jealous!!

    Our neighbour came round to complain, our milkman had left the milk at the end of his drive instead of ours, so my neighbour just gave me milk, my milk ......and a black look for good measure. I want your neighbours instead!!

    Sue xx

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  10. So much Yurt Love! golly, I'm eyeing that chest...stunner.

    such summery goodness, finer weather and longer days fire up the soul!

    love your blog/the life you two lead!

    -lulu

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  11. holy shit a yurt?! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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  12. That looks like SUCH a lovely weekend. So glad you had some mama time.

    Kacie

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  13. It sounds as though you had a lovely weekend!

    I have to say, I am incredibly jealous of the neighbors you have! Our neighbors wave form time to time, but that's about it. I guess there are many differences...among them culture and maybe city vs. country? Oh how I long for neighbors that are friendly! In the meantime, I will oooohhh & aaahhh at yours ;-)

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  14. I think your life is beautiful, and have been reading about it for awhile. Girl, you are totally living my dream, thanks for sharing.

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  15. oh my hat! A picture of the yurt - please :-) we are in the process of researching them with a vague thought of building one up on a hill... :-)

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  16. I want to see more pictures of the yurt! :)

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