A pretty good summary of everything.I've completely lost track of time and dates. I can guess at times pretty well by the location of the sun in the sky and how hungry I am. And I know when it's a weekday and when it's a weekend judging by what work I do, who 's around the community, and what dinner is like. But other than that I have pretty much no internal calendar or clock. And I love it.
Last weekend I had my first trip to Pittsburgh for confirmation weekend. The "motherhouse" aka- main hub of our community is in Pittsburgh. It was started there and thrives there. It was incredible to finally meet all of the people that I've heard so much about. And it was definitely awesome to be able to experience the feelings that come with being in such a powerful place as that is. It was a 11 hour drive each way. The first 5 hours leaving Vermont was maybe one of the most beautiful car rides I've ever been on. It felt like we were driving in circles because we were weaving our way along rivers and through mountains and tiny towns. But somehow, we ended up in upstate New York after all.
The gardens are coming along beautifully. There are 4 of us that really dedicate a lot of our time out there, and it seems like we're all starting to be on the same page. It's hard when the 3 other people involved don't live here on the property and are rarely all together working at the same time. Needless to say, everyone has their own ideas of what should get done and where things should go. By tomorrow, all of the lettuce, kale, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, onions (and probably a handful of other things I'm forgetting) will be in the ground and look awesome. Tomorrow is the first farmers market of the summer and I can't wait to run around and see what it's like. I'm positive it'll be totally different than the ones I've been to in Boston. The greenhouse is over flowing. I spent many hours out there the other night trying to organize like things with like things and even after all those hours, it's still a flowering, overgrown maze. But we did learn that we are doubling the size of the greenhouse before next growing season.
The job at Yestermorrow is pretty much the same every time I go. I'm too shy to really stop and get to know any of the interns or teachers that I see regularly, so I'll shyly say hi and sneak around with a vacuum. Today Eurosia (who is the head chef there, who comes to the community here for church and to cook) offered me work in the kitchen as well. It's hard to say whether or not I should take the hours because I want to work as much as I can with Faustina doing gardening. Speaking of which, I finally worked a few days last week in the gardens with her and Brian. I can't imagine a more beautiful place to be gardening. One location was on a rocky cliff overlooking a waterfall. Not bad.
And finally, Micah is here! Josh and I took a road trip down to the border of NH and got him off the bus yesterday. Last night we walked down to the swimming hole here and picked asparagus from the gardens to eat for dinner. It was amazing. He's only been here for a day and I already feel like we've gone on a lot of adventures. And... he brought the X-files
Last weekend I had my first trip to Pittsburgh for confirmation weekend. The "motherhouse" aka- main hub of our community is in Pittsburgh. It was started there and thrives there. It was incredible to finally meet all of the people that I've heard so much about. And it was definitely awesome to be able to experience the feelings that come with being in such a powerful place as that is. It was a 11 hour drive each way. The first 5 hours leaving Vermont was maybe one of the most beautiful car rides I've ever been on. It felt like we were driving in circles because we were weaving our way along rivers and through mountains and tiny towns. But somehow, we ended up in upstate New York after all.
The gardens are coming along beautifully. There are 4 of us that really dedicate a lot of our time out there, and it seems like we're all starting to be on the same page. It's hard when the 3 other people involved don't live here on the property and are rarely all together working at the same time. Needless to say, everyone has their own ideas of what should get done and where things should go. By tomorrow, all of the lettuce, kale, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, eggplants, onions (and probably a handful of other things I'm forgetting) will be in the ground and look awesome. Tomorrow is the first farmers market of the summer and I can't wait to run around and see what it's like. I'm positive it'll be totally different than the ones I've been to in Boston. The greenhouse is over flowing. I spent many hours out there the other night trying to organize like things with like things and even after all those hours, it's still a flowering, overgrown maze. But we did learn that we are doubling the size of the greenhouse before next growing season.
The job at Yestermorrow is pretty much the same every time I go. I'm too shy to really stop and get to know any of the interns or teachers that I see regularly, so I'll shyly say hi and sneak around with a vacuum. Today Eurosia (who is the head chef there, who comes to the community here for church and to cook) offered me work in the kitchen as well. It's hard to say whether or not I should take the hours because I want to work as much as I can with Faustina doing gardening. Speaking of which, I finally worked a few days last week in the gardens with her and Brian. I can't imagine a more beautiful place to be gardening. One location was on a rocky cliff overlooking a waterfall. Not bad.
And finally, Micah is here! Josh and I took a road trip down to the border of NH and got him off the bus yesterday. Last night we walked down to the swimming hole here and picked asparagus from the gardens to eat for dinner. It was amazing. He's only been here for a day and I already feel like we've gone on a lot of adventures. And... he brought the X-files
Hanging out with the kids in the garden really never gets old. And neither does driving them around in the back of my truck.
Most of these sold for mother's day! I painted a bunch of pots and repotted some of our flowers
Every wednesday afternoon/evening we have a work night here. This is what it usually looks like:Dymphna and Alex working.......
Aiden and Toby working.......
And Graham actually working.
I finally had time to make myself some herbal rinse for my hair. The whole house smelled like rosemary for hours.
Dymphna weeding the asparagus.
The back side of Yestermorrow.
This is the treehouse that was built by a treehouse design class. It is behind the school in the woods. People usually go up there to meditate and eat.
Josh and I went swining a lot last week. He likes to sit on my lap.
Across the street.
Crab apple tree at one of the gardens.
This is Faustina! In a garden in Warren.
A swimming hole at the base of the garden we were working at.
Alex making her farmous apple pies for friday night take out.
Josh at the river by the house.
Micah and I went on t walk.
The swimming hole down the river from here.
Madeline on her porch last night.
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