filling the fault lines with molten gold
+ i finally got to see the northern lights! we had such a spectacular show for two nights - one night we had all the colors and the next night we had a lot of movement and shimmering and dancing in the sky. i've always wondered what indigenous people thought when they saw them, but really didn't understand how scary and amazing they would be to people who had no idea of the why behind them.
+ mother's day was super quiet around here. :) we celebrated our 23rd anniversary the day before, so it was a really nice weekend. twenty three years! i'd do it all over again, too - i shopped smart with that one. life without him would definitely be a much darker and desolate place; he brings me sunshine and happy, peace and calm.
good things for a dark and broody girl to have in her life, yo.
+ the horse barn is up, friends! well, the shell is. we need to still get the stalls in place before horses come and doors up before winter comes, but we're so so so so close! =D
i spent a few hours today grooming the arena area with my little drag and lawn tractor - it's looking really good and pretty soon there will be fencing and pasture areas and then? then? horses.
h.o.r.s.e.s.
of course we don't HAVE horses right now, but i'm all about the "build it and they will come" mentality.
+ the garden is coming along, too. we have dirt! no raised beds, but we have dirt. lol the one raised bed we have is doing GREAT and my cilantro is coming up beautifully. I'm not sure about the carrots, but there are green things popping through the dirt, so that's good. there are a million things that still need to go in the ground and i'm pretty sure my timing is off on a LOT here, but it's trial by error. as long as i get some green beans and tomatoes, i'll be happy.
+ the big girl chickens are in their new coop and have a nice outside space now. mister is finishing them a larger chicken yard that should be up and ready by the end of the weekend, but not sure - we have stuff going on sat. so that's a day off of building. :( meh. on monday, kid and i went to get more chickens... cutest little bebes ever. we do need more (for eggs, srsly), but that can wait a bit until we really decide what we're doing. i already have people wanting to buy eggs! some not even related! a local store has said they'd sell our eggs when they come, so i really am going to be a chicken farmer. =D
~~there's other stuff, too. some good, some bad, some so deep and thoughtful that there are no words, just truths. i miss my california quite a bit, but yesterday i was wrapped up in the scent of flowering dogwood and it smelled of oranges, reminding me of home. i think i'll be ok here.~~