Ah, the Butterfly

LOTS of butterfly medicine this summer! I'm excited tonight for the delivery of more lessons. Earlier in June, i remember experiencing this erratic butterfly zooming around the Earth house.   I was really actually taken back by it, this yellow/black beauty was fluttering and flying into things, and acting so out of control.  I got …

Eating local

I’ve decided to eat local for the rest of the summer. And I’m talking really local since I have everything I need right in my neighborhood.   I planted so much on Earth Home, I inherited a row in the community garden with all kinds of yummies growing and my friend is going to Peru …

playing in the mud

so i just washed my face for the five hundreth time today. That’s my new thing;  I wash my face. It’s a little OCD actually, and I recognize that, but for some reason, if your face is clean, it makes up for your feet not being clean; and mine never are.  We have had a …

Organic Golden Mushroom Chowder

MUSHROOMS! They are literally everywhere.  It’s quite wonderful.  And I love learning about the ones you can eat.  Last year, picking and eating chanterelles from the woods here, made me eager to get out there again.  I have harvested so many gorgeous mushrooms.  It’s kind of exciting.  Last night, I made a creamy mushroom soup.  …

some thoughts from my float

Last Saturday, I heard it was going to rain for a whole week.  It was sunny out, and I was taking the day off.  I grabbed my float and literally went out on the lake and fell asleep.  Not smart, understood.  But the lake is spring fed, and cold and refreshing, and   the surroundings …

Potty Talk

The Earth Home has a composting toilet outside the place, tucked a tiny bit into the woods.  It was a pressboard structure, fully functioning, but truly a make-shift situation, from 5 gallon buckets, and some cut holes, with happy seats put on top of them 🙂  So, while I was worrying about my granddaughter freaking …

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Here's my bird's eye view as I hide out from the rain.  It has NOT stopped raining around here.  The ground (and earth roof is completely saturated.  I am in a muddy forest, and can't wait for the sunshine to come back out. I waited for a friend to come to dinner, and the mud …