Changes are afoot!

The heart is a garden where thought flowers grow;

The thoughts that we think are the seeds that we sow.

Every kind, loving thought bears a kind, loving deed;

While a thought that is selfish is just like a weed.

We must watch what we think, each minute, all day;

And pull out the weed thoughts and throw them away;

And plant loving seed thoughts so thick in a row

That there will not be room for weed thoughts to grow.

By Katherine Merrill

Hi All,

Well, we've done a really bad job of updating the blog lately, but, to be honest, we were all pretty ready for taking the new big step in our lives.  So, we've bought ourselves our very first house, and move in about 28 days.  Desperately looking forward to the extra space in the house itself and to everyone having their own bedrooms.

It's going to be a bittersweet experience...  Having built up so much history here, in only three and a half years, to suddenly have to start with a clean slate.  But we move on with all of the experience we've built up while living here.

From two lonely souls, each with their own fold of scared and insecure children, we've turned into a strong family, with a good support network and a whole menagerie of pets that we all adore.

We've baked, preserved, dug, planted, harvested...  It's been an amazing learning experience.
 

So here's to old friends, and to our old home within whom we loved, shared and grew together.  And here's to new adventures and experiences ahead!

Love to all,
Mama Fern