etsy gift guide number U

The demographic: People who live in cities, but who would much rather live in the country and bake pumpkin bread all day long.  (That’s what country folk do all day, by the way.)

fresh goat cheese/chevre DIY kit by UrbanCheesecraft, $26

5 vintage hobnail milk glass vases by impulseART, $60

vintage chocolate half apron with yellow violets from [...]

am i resorting to monthly updates?

You betcha.  For now, anyway.  Between my new role at Liza’s shop in town (soliciting unsuspecting Etsy crafters, designing logo, website, marketing stuffs, etc) and getting Zoe ready for preschool, I had to temporarily pause my Etsy shop in order to not have a complete melt down and wind up wandering aimlessly around the streets [...]

yay for barn parties

Zoe’s bestest friend in the whole world just turned three! Her mom and dad are Amy and Jeff of Buckwheat Blossom Farm, and also lead the farm team which is now leasing the working portion of the Morris Farm. So duh, the party was in the Morris Farm’s barn. Cider, hummus, hay [...]

shakin’ in my boots.

There’s something you should know about me. In high school, while giving a presentation on CFCs to five of my closest friends in AP bio, I broke out in hives and was sent to the nurse before I could prove my thesis. In college, I had to take public speaking with half of [...]

sadness.

Puck passed away this morning. I still have no idea why. He was begging for affection with his hooves on the fence when I checked on him last night, but at 6 this morning, he was on his side in the hay, unable to move. I brought him into the yurt, I [...]