Doing the Little Things While God Does the Big Things
02/21/08 01:59 PM Category: General
We are spending our winter, comfortable and happy in our new, natural home, doing small things and enjoying this season which asks so little of us. The girls have been becoming quite proficient at knitting and crochet - turning out socks, slippers, a variety of hats, sweaters, and baby outfits. We're still working mostly with store bought yarn for the learning process, but everyone is getting ready and eager to use more of the "real stuff."
We have quite a bit of wool and fiber to work with, from our own icelandic sheep and angora bunnies, plus alpaca wool from Bill's sister. The younger children card the fiber for us, and I have been spinning it. I am finally getting a fairly even and fine yarn, and am working on my first project with homespun.. an alpaca fiber throw. We are all eagerly awaiting our own socks from start to finish from our own homestead.
Here are some recent projects that the kids have made:
It can sure be a lot of fun when we're all sitting around working on our quiet projects. The kids have little games that they play, such as "Storekeeper," where the storekeeper tries to get the shopper to say "black," "white," "yes," or "no." Such a silly game, but it's loads of fun.. an amazing amount of creativity and humor comes out during their little scenarios.
There has also been plenty of time for prayer and reflection. This Lent we are keeping a quiet hour following our Afternoon Prayer, as well as having family shared spiritual reading in the evenings. We are also blessed with being able to attend Mass and Adoration on Tuesday nights, and Mass, Stations and a Simple Bread and Soup Supper on Friday nights. I love Lent!
We are getting ready to start building a vertical log camp, and will be using the horses and mules to pull the logs out of the woods. Also looking forward to making maple syrup, and drinking all of the luscious, detoxing sap that we want.
Looking forward to welcoming Risuena and Cleo, 2 new mares arriving next week, as well as all of the babies we're expecting on the homestead this spring.
Outdoor fun has included skiing behind Lina this winter. Here she is getting dressed up for play:
Another homesteading family is moving to the neighborhood this weekend.. looking forward to welcoming them.
Bill and Andrew are continuing to work on some of the finishing in the house, as well as planning the new camp. Bill has joined the kids' bluegrass band with his bass... it's so much fun to have the house fill up with homemade music.
The peaceful end of a winter day on our UP homestead:
We have quite a bit of wool and fiber to work with, from our own icelandic sheep and angora bunnies, plus alpaca wool from Bill's sister. The younger children card the fiber for us, and I have been spinning it. I am finally getting a fairly even and fine yarn, and am working on my first project with homespun.. an alpaca fiber throw. We are all eagerly awaiting our own socks from start to finish from our own homestead.
Here are some recent projects that the kids have made:
It can sure be a lot of fun when we're all sitting around working on our quiet projects. The kids have little games that they play, such as "Storekeeper," where the storekeeper tries to get the shopper to say "black," "white," "yes," or "no." Such a silly game, but it's loads of fun.. an amazing amount of creativity and humor comes out during their little scenarios.
There has also been plenty of time for prayer and reflection. This Lent we are keeping a quiet hour following our Afternoon Prayer, as well as having family shared spiritual reading in the evenings. We are also blessed with being able to attend Mass and Adoration on Tuesday nights, and Mass, Stations and a Simple Bread and Soup Supper on Friday nights. I love Lent!
We are getting ready to start building a vertical log camp, and will be using the horses and mules to pull the logs out of the woods. Also looking forward to making maple syrup, and drinking all of the luscious, detoxing sap that we want.
Looking forward to welcoming Risuena and Cleo, 2 new mares arriving next week, as well as all of the babies we're expecting on the homestead this spring.
Outdoor fun has included skiing behind Lina this winter. Here she is getting dressed up for play:
Another homesteading family is moving to the neighborhood this weekend.. looking forward to welcoming them.
Bill and Andrew are continuing to work on some of the finishing in the house, as well as planning the new camp. Bill has joined the kids' bluegrass band with his bass... it's so much fun to have the house fill up with homemade music.
The peaceful end of a winter day on our UP homestead: