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Yesterday after spending several hours of the morning on the phone with my oldest daughter at college helping her buy a ticket to fly to Kenya by herself to volunteer in a Christian Science school there this summer, my youngest daughter and I got out in the gorgeous day.
We had an awesome day on our trip to Isle Au Haut, which is a southern remote island of Acadia National Park. We had never done this before and it entailed getting there via the “mail boat” to Duck Harbor, which leaves from Stonington, on Deer Isle, Maine, in the morning, and returning on it … Read more
Does God talk to you? He sure does me. Yesterday I was told to go back in the house for my camera when I was taking my daughter to the farm to drop her off at her chore day for the shared harvest program. I was told explicitly that I’d want it for the cows … Read more
Block Island, being on a migratory pattern, was layered with diverse birdsong. It both woke us up and put us to sleep, and we heard the birds more than saw them. Here are the creatures we did see and some of them were surprises! We especially enjoyed these teenaged seagulls. And why does the chicken … Read more
Block Island is a wonderful tear-shaped island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. This was our first visit but we hope to be back! It is surprisingly varied both in people and scenery, with interesting architecture and good food, and thankfully is not as overbuilt as many such areas due to an active … Read more
All three of our children are away at camp adventures and my husband and I had our first opportunity in over 17 years to get away alone together! My pottery teacher offered us her cottage on Block Island on days it hadn’t rented out and we snatched up this opportunity. Here are my photographs of … Read more
These are New Pond Farm’s sheep and spring lambs. I have knit with their wool… and have many skeins left to do. Gotta love those lambs!
Sheep-feeding “Lovest thou me?”… then … “Feed my sheep.” He was emphatic about it — repeating it three times — to stress the imperative directive. How do you do it? I feed sheep when I heal someone through prayer when I listen to a friend when I cook for my husband when I homeschool my … Read more
A “Dairy Farm of Distinction,” New Pond Farm’s dairy in Redding, CT is not breaking even. By May 1 they will reduce their herd from 22 cows and four calves to just eight cows. They will still be maintaining their educational programs, but I for one shall miss the cows and the parade of … Read more