Toes in the dirt

Autumn, I love it, feelings of nesting come on strong, the fresh clean air, the smell of wood smoke on the cool crisp air, having all the windows open makes for very restful nights. And the colors are differnet as the world starts packing things up getting ready for a nice long rest.

But here in the south we can still grow something in the garden and we recently had some dozer work done to clear our property. We decided to take the opportunity to turn over the fresh ground and start a new area to grow our winter crops.

Dirty toes in the nice cool dirt as I sift thru it to pull out roots left over from trees that were taken down.

Early the next day I was out there again with Pippin my cat who loves running around in the garden while I work.

Pippin and I found Mr Toad as well. Can you see him? We moved him into an area where he'd be safe.

Me.....

 

I'm Erika....And I was born on Nov 6th so I loved this street sign which is in Memphis. This was taken on a girl's trip to a women's conference. We had LOTS of fun and laughs which is always a good thing.

 

I am first and foremost a child of God, a wife for 20 years, a mother of 2 graduated homeschoolers and soon (Jan) to be collage students ages soon to be 17 and 19, a homemaker, a hobby homesteader, a student of many things all self guided, I love to learn about herbs, healing, animals, traditional cooking, homemaking, and self suffiency. I love to sew and garden though I will say I am not an expert at anything. I work part time at a health food store, raise Nubian dairy goats, meat chickens, cows, and anything else that takes my fancy. I really love learning about prepping and self reliance. The list could go on and I won't since that wouldn't leave much for me to blog about.

 

I've had a couple of blogs all revolving around raising my children, homeschooling and my day to day life with children. I still have children who still are at home but they and I are evolving and they are growing into wonderful young adults. So what happens next well I dig deeper into the things I love, learn things I have set aside for two very important people, and learn about this new season in my life that will be just as fun, exciting, growing, stressful, and enjoyable as the season I am moving out of.  

 

 

 

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