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Thankful

It's hard to not be thankful for everything you have when you live in Canada. We have a profound wealth in this country. It is a profound privilege. So. Thankful. Reflecting tonight, I realized how tired and overwhelmed I felt. J and I have been talking a lot about the property and there is so much work to do before we can even start. It gets overwhelming. I have been trying to preserve some food, research food storage, and keep this 100 year old house clean while homeschooling Sally, trying to integrate and find friends into a new community and mother 2 growing and developing children. It gets overwhelming. The massive amounts of learning I have to do, the putting myself out there being vulnerable with new friends, the homeschooling and the planning for the future of this property 5, 10 and 15 years down the road. The giant spiders the size of twoonies, the great white sharks and jelly fish in the ocean, the snakes, literally, in the grass that surrounds our home. Whew, it's a...

It's October

How is it October already? We are enjoying the bright sunny days as best we can. Today we went to the Farmers Market in Mabou and met up with some new friends. They are a lovely couple who have moved from Ontario who have a 4 year old girl and an 18 month girl. They are also just getting into developing their property and are homeschooling as well. We have been meeting up the past few weeks and it has been nice to get to know some folks who are on the same trajectory. This past Friday, Sally, Ruby and I went and helped in the Judique Potato Lift.  Basically, a local man planted a field of potatoes and they had a BBQ on Friday and invited everyone to come help dig potatoes. You could then buy a bag of spuds and donations/proceeds went to help build schools in Zambia. Sally was in the dirt like a dirty shirt and loved it. We met also another family with a 6 year old girl who homeschools too. They have a farm not far from us and I am excited to learn from them ...