sunday by the sea (part 1)

it has been a little while since k and i escaped "sans animaux", we found ourselves going to wickford a seaside town just ten minutes from us. I have written about it before. we grabbed our coffees, camera around walked around the little village. we perused a book store, and asked about the bench in the window, we found the perfect little yellow table, walked to the water, talked with shop owners and peeked into backyards. what i love the most about the time k and i spent together is that we know each other, whether it is the glance we give to each other when a shop keeper likes the sound of her voice to much, or when we point out a book that the other might like or when we look through vacant shop windows and say this would be perfect. all those things make me very happy that i married to k and that he does not mind walking around with two cups of coffee a purse when i just have to take that picture!

when the light calms your soul

out house

the little building that you see used to be in out house that seats two their was eight girls in the family you can see why a double was needed! it has been restored and in a few days i will have it ready for some chickens and perhaps a rooster that will serve as our alarm clock. it has been sunny and warm here i hope where you are too( all though i wish a tad cooler).

a glimpse at a new life

hi everyone, i have been behind in posting but so much has gone on in just a week. we have moved into our new place WE LOVE IT. we lost our bridge and our home became in island for a while so no trucks could come to install the musts( internet, phone). I have not taken many pictures of our new place because their is so much to be done and so many distractions. for all those who emailed me thank you so much, your words played out like pick me ups through all the stress that comes from moving and being somewhat stranded! i will answer a few questions that you have been asking.

Tolstoy is with us, he is loving grazing on green grass and meeting some new friends.
we live on forty acres in a old farm house that has been completely refurbished( boo hoo, i love the old) but k is loving that heat will not be a factor! we will be putting in addition that will use some old material from the original structure!
we have fourteen ducks and i am loving them! they lay black and blue eggs in the winter and blue in the summer
on the farm their is icelandic cows four of them
many horses, ponies, donkeys, goats, baby doll sheep, pigs and chickens and i could not be more happy about it!
we share the property with the owner who live up on the hill, they are so kind and full of life!
the land is surrounded with ten thousand acres of state park- and- yes it is heaven!

hope you are well.
*that is nicholas the sweetest little boy ever, my felting and farm buddy at easter!
*the horse is mickey he walks wherever he wants and lays in between the dogs
* the goat was rescued on saturday very thin hence i named her twiggy she thinks she is a dogs and follows us everywhere

wedding season has begun

i have some good ones this year

our first walk on the property and rain

it has been raining for days now, and i mean rain. river now runs through it, that is truly what is happening to our neighbors down the road, the river is taking over their house and any minute they will have to say goodbye to it( very sad). our car is on the other side so and we can not get to it. all this and i am happy we have moved here it is very special and we can not wait to share this new adventure with you but let's wait till things are a little dry.

last from cucumber hill

i was not sure if my camera would see something that needed to be captured on our last week at cucumber hill, but it did. from the moment morning came and into the evening the fog transformed the landscape at the farm and it was beautiful. we have been taking tolstoy for half hour grazes to help his belly heal, watching k. with him i had to run for my camera. i am grateful for all that i was able to capture here at this farm, i am grateful for some memories that i hope will always be with me. i have mixed feelings but i will always know what magic happened here, will always remember that here is where tolstoy came into our lives and it is here that k and i got to taste a little of our dream and it is from here we find ourselves going to wide open pastures of a larger one(dream do come true).

*it is amazing how colors of grass warm up the pictures and how the lack of it like the one with tolstoy at the barn has a cooler feel.

happy birthday elle

happy birthday to you dear elle. can't wait to spend the summer with you. to play in the dirt while wearing a skirt. to plant a garden and watch it grow. to eat sweet potatoes and asparagus too. to brush ponies, horses and ride them too. to gather eggs from hens and ducks. to swim in the ocean and hike mountains, to walk the dogs and find green moss. to sit on the porch eating homemade popsicles.

happy birthday to the loveliest of all girls.

revisited sunday in the garden april 2008

post revisited ; old montreal april 22, 2008

dearest friends i know things must have gotten really boring around here. so much going on right now and that has not allowed me to venture out too much. besides how many cows shots can one reader take! so because the next few weeks will be crazy i have decided to post some of la porte rouge post from way back when i had a life (off the farm). I will see you soon, where we are going is the most amazing place-still on a farm but this one will be extra special, it comes with the use of a cabin in the woods, a beach house, the owners will build us an addition of my design to the existing house to make is feel like our very own(how great are they) but the best part of it all is their will be more animals to love, people to share ideas with and the the opportunity to travel. my first destination will be a real visit back home for a few days as soon as i can to walk the cobblestone streets while eating a baguette and enjoying the company of the ones i love the most. for the now lets travel back!