tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30852799370396711592024-02-19T10:52:57.834-05:00Moment to MomentA photographical journal christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-7261569929039528382016-07-30T14:10:00.001-04:002016-07-30T14:50:24.680-04:00Lots and lots of Rose Hips, rose hip ketchup, syrup and marmalade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Where to begin after such a long absence from here, I suppose rose hips are as good a start as any :)</div>
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Each year around this time I go to a special beach where the rose hips are especially big and beautiful. Rose hips are the fruits of the rosebushes. Here in Denmark the most common wild rose is the Rosa Rugosa, and they also provide the biggest fruit. I gather many kilos and spend the next days processing them into raw rose hip salsa, rose hip ketchup, marmalade, rose hips in syrup and the rest I dry or freeze.</div>
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It is a good idea to pick the hips while they are still orange in colour, so not fully ripe, as they are much easier to process, once fully ripe they "mush" easily between your fingers, </div>
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and it becomes even more difficult to remove the seeds.</div>
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Working with rose hips, and especially making them into jam and ketchup requires a lot of work as the seeds and little hairs inside need to be removed before processing. I remove the top, cut them in halves and scoop out seeds with the bottom of a teaspoon . Though the cleaning work is tedious, I absolutely adore these little vitamin filled beauties, the colour, the taste, the smell of them cooking and all the lovely vitamin C, A and calcium that they contain so abundantly, a little super food in its own right. Just one tablespoon of dried rose hip powder will provide an adult with the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. They are also used to treat cold-like symptoms and to relieve symptoms of kidney disease. They are also believed to be of great benefit to people with arthritis and joint aches, and as my joints have been really acting up I am looking forward to see if I notice a difference in the months to come when I add the dried rose hip powder to shakes, yoghurt, sauces and dressings.</div>
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Raw rose hips salsa I made with cherry tomatoes, spring onions, fresh chillies, fresh ginger, </div>
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cilantro, salt, pepper and cumin.</div>
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This is great with grilled fish, with tortillas, rice and beans and also as a dip with corn chips.</div>
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Salsa served on grilled fish</div>
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To make rose hip ketchup I used;</div>
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4 chopped medium red onions and six chopped garlic cloves, fry in plenty of ghee(clarified butter, or simply use butter) in a large pot long with shredded peal of </div>
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one organic orange and one organic lemon. </div>
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Clean, wash and chop about two kilo rose hips and add to pot.</div>
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Add 2 dl apple cider vinegar, 2 dl red wine vinegar (white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar also works), and 4 dl water to pot, cover and simmer until rose hips are soft. </div>
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For me this usually takes a good 20 minutes. Then I get out my hand blender </div>
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(it must be a strong hand blender, otherwise use a food processor)</div>
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Blend smooth and add about 6 dl cane sugar, </div>
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about 2-3 teaspoon salt (or to taste) </div>
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1 teaspoon ground allspice, </div>
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1 teaspoon ground cloves and 1/2 teaspoon chillies (keeping the children in mind)</div>
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And leave it to simmer on low heat with a lid, stirring once in a while, for about 15-20 minutes.</div>
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Then add to sterilised glasses (boiled in hot water bath) and seal tightly.</div>
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Like this in a cool garage mine have kept for over a year, once opened they will usually last a couple to three weeks in the fridge. </div>
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This size portion in our family will last until the rose hips once again grow plentiful along the beaches here in Denmark next august. However you could also just make half for a smaller portion.</div>
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We use this in place of ketchup, though both my children feel very strongly that it has nothing to do with ketchup, I disagree and have not bought ketchup for the past two years.</div>
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I also use it in tomato sauce and in dressings.</div>
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Highly recommend!!</div>
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For the jam I used just short of 1 kilo cleaned, washed and chopped rose hips along with just a little water (about 3dl) simmered for about 20 min then added 5 chopped organic apples, simmer again until cooked out. I partially blended the jam with hand blender, leaving some texture in the jam.</div>
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Then I added about 500g of cane sugar, and juice of one lemon.</div>
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(I thought the jam came out a bit too sweet, but the children loved it , so you may want to add less at first and then add more to taste) </div>
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Super yummy..</div>
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For the first time I made rose hips in syrup, and it is certainly not the last, so delicious!</div>
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In a pot I squeezed out the juice of an orange, added the rinds (peeled off with a potato peeler) </div>
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from the same orange, scraped out seeds of one vanilla bean and added along with the vanilla pod, together with 175g of cane sugar. Simmered till sugar was dissolved, then added halved cleaned and washed rose hips (about 250g) and simmered on low heat under lid for a good 20 minutes. </div>
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These tasted great on top a grilled cheese blackbread sandwiches. </div>
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I can imagine they will be great on top of yoghurt, salad or even as a side to salty foods.</div>
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I made only one glass and keep it in the fridge.</div>
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Some of these recipes are inspired by or adapted from<br />
the book <a href="https://www.saxo.com/dk/naturens-spisekammer_anette-eckmann_hardback_9788756796460">Naturens spisekammer</a>.<br />
I give thanks for all the great inspiration</div>
christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-18103491950378604722012-10-21T11:00:00.000-04:002012-10-21T11:05:00.281-04:00On a warm october day/ En varm dag i oktober<div style="text-align: center;">
On the warmest october day in Denmark in 135 years we went on a bicycle ride around our new neighborhood to see what we might find....</div>
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Autumn is upon us, with grey skies, lots of rain and winds.</div>
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I am inspired to take walks along the country roads by our house, </div>
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in the woods or by the lakes,</div>
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gathering bits of autumns beauty and bringing it inside to warm our house </div>
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along with lots and lots of candles...<br />
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~Blessings~</div>
christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-23384698106974988222012-08-13T15:17:00.002-04:002012-08-13T15:17:57.143-04:00Nøkken; A children's garden. Nøkken; En have for børn.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Nøkken is a Waldorf garden-preschool located in Copenhagen.</div>
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I read about Nøkken <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nokken-Garden-Children-Approarch-Waldorf-Based/dp/096639920X/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344883002&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=n%C3%B8kken+a+children%27s+garden">here</a> when I first got interested in the Waldorf approach to </div>
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early childhood "education" almost nine years ago, and now for the next year I will be working there.</div>
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Funny isn't it, that I should now be caring for other peoples children as I have just sent my own off to a Waldorf school for the first time as well.</div>
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I feel it is good and right for my children to be spending a few hours a day in a lovely </div>
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Waldorf school, they love it, and I must say that I am enjoying this opportunity to </div>
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work away from home for the first time since they were born. </div>
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Nøkken, I feel, is a very special place. So much to learn here, such potential for growth as I sink into the tight rhythm which, I believe, allows for the peace, </div>
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calm and sense of security that this little garden and the children in it permeates.</div>
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I feel very fortunate indeed for this opportunity!</div>
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Lots of preparations happening for the coming of the harvest fest..</div>
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Apples from the garden is strung in the trees, made into apple sauce for lunch, cooked for a syrup</div>
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or pressed for juice...</div>
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On the daily walks we always bring something to busy our hands, straw to make wreaths</div>
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for the harvest fest, and berries to string and decorate also for the harvest fest coming soon. </div>
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We buried my fathers ashes the day after arriving, and while he stills feels so present every day,</div>
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I miss him tremendously!</div>
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The children play freely in the tall grass meadows without worrying about dangerous snakes and spiders.</div>
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I am loving to find most of my favorite herbs growing wildly all around, and surprised to find even comfrey growing abundantly edging the streams.</div>
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Riding bikes the six kilometers to the beach never meeting one car.</div>
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Most evenings we go joy riding on the bikes to the lakes behind my moms house to feed the ducks, swans and geese.</div>
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A flute concert with the Waldorf school that the children will be attending starting this August.</div>
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(the concert was given at a students farm house)</div>
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Life in Denmark is lovely,<br />
and we all feel right at home already.<br />
Presently, I am the only one working,<br />
and Miguel takes care of the children while we wait for his paperwork and residency to process.<br />
We found a small fixed up barn in the countryside where we will move in August first, until then we<br />
are here in my childhood home with my mom.<br />
We spend our days on bikes and walking around, enjoying the nature that is all around us.<br />
Everything here feels so peaceful and safe, nature is very friendly, in fact so are the people,<br />
and it allows for a freedom to move around alone that the children are greatly enjoying,<br />
and that we have all been deeply yearning for since leaving Miami almost eight years ago.<br />
We are all amazed at the welcoming we have received since arriving, and I feel blessed<br />
that everything is falling into place for this little family following our very<br />
tumultuous past few years.<br />
I think I can speak for us all when I say that we have finally arrived home!<br />
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~Blessings~<br />
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So much has happened since arriving here in Denmark, </div>
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and yet we have only been here for just over a month.</div>
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One thing I thought I would share for now is the making of elderflower syrup.</div>
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I am loving the abundance of wild herbs and foods here, one such abundance is the Elders, they are absolutely everywhere, and I am very much looking forward for the </div>
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berries to start ripening come autumn. </div>
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This is the first time I have made the elderflower syrup, which is very popular here, </div>
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and used widely mixed with water, in both the carbonated and still versions.</div>
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I immagine it will be wonderful in white wine or champagne as well as with water, how it is traditionally served here.</div>
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There is all kinds of folklore attached to the elderberry tree here in Denmark.</div>
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For one the tree is, since olden days, said to keep trouble away from the house near which it grows,</div>
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and you must ask "hyldemor" or mother elder for permission before cutting from her tree.</div>
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The syrup is very easy to make and this is how I did it...</div>
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First I cut a basket full of the flowers, the flowers should be fully blooming.</div>
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Back at my moms (we move to the country side august 1st) I cut the main stems from the flowers as these will make the syrup bitter.</div>
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Then in 3 liters (just short of 1 gallon) of boiling water dissolve 1kg (2.2 pounds) of organic sugar.</div>
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but have not found it here yet, nor looked for that matter:)</div>
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Once the sugar is dissolved remove the pot from the heat and add three sliced organic lemons and the flowers. Make sure the flowers are completely covered, put the lid on and allow to cool completely before placing in the fridge for 4 days, stirring a couple of times daily. </div>
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The way it is served here is 1 part syrup to 3-4 parts water.</div>
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The smell is heavenly and the taste is sweet and summery...</div>
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~Blessings~</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-15358819804772118002012-05-09T11:09:00.000-04:002012-05-09T11:09:28.266-04:00Naturally Fun Parties for Kids; a lovely book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">These days buying books is a rare luxury for me, so when I saw on another blog that </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anni-Daulter/e/B0038X3UAI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1">Anni Daulter</a> was offering</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">her new book to bloggers </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">in return for mentioning her book on your blog, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> I immediately reached out. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I have had my eye on one of her other books; </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Family-Cookbook-Anni-Daulter/dp/1416206388/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336574868&sr=8-1">The Organic Family cookbook</a>, for some time, and felt certain that I would like her new book;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Naturally-Creating-Earth-Friendly-Celebrations-Occasions/dp/1416206566/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336574990&sr=1-1">Naturally Fun Parties for kids</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">A few days ago I finally received the book, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">by way of a friend in Miami, and I was not disappointed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">As for the first impression I just adore the pictures and the general set up of the book; </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">little fairies fluttering about in flowing dresses, big smiles and shiny eyes. And the book being dived into four main chapters, each focusing on a separate season.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Everything in this book has the feeling of the natural world. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">The invitations are handmade and unique.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Most of the settings require nothing more than your backyard, a park or your own living room.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Decorations are simple and mainly taken from the natural world and complemented with things most of us will already have at home already.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">The crafts and projects are simple and fun, and it is the attention to details that give each celebration </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">a full and well rounded feeling. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">The recipes look so yummy and healthy and offers something for everyone.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I personally, am much more likely to take inspiration from here and there in the book and use </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">the recipes, crafts and ideas for both party and everyday.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">The beauty of this book though, is that for those who prefer to have a complete party plan from beginning to end, it is beautifully offered here. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">As we head from the land of the mango to the land of the berries I am looking forward to host a jam making party with the children, and the cookie give away celebration around Christmas time is also planting seeds of inspiration for the coming holiday season.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Truly this book is filled with wonderful ideas and will be a treasured addition in our library.<br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">My personal thanks to Anni Daulter for gifting this book to me!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I will return to this space once we have arrived safely on the other side of the </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Atlantic Ocean a few weeks from now.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">~Blessings~ </span><br />
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We are now selling our free range eggs to a hotel on the beach each week.<br />
This gives us an obvious beach day opportunity and we have been enjoying<br />
the healing powers of the Caribbean Sea to the fullest.<br />
The beauty, peace and magic of our current lifestyle is making its final impressions on me,<br />
and I am taking it all in, fully realizing how privileged this experience is.<br />
<br />
~Blessings~<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">It is amazing to find that life continues, quite without regards for my personal deep sorrow.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">My father passed away this past tuesday, and while it is still hard to grasp the fact that I can no longer ask him a question nor hear his voice again, I feel a deep deep grief.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">There is a pain in my heart, a pain that I have never before felt </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">and that I sense will now be part of me always. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"> I find myself looking for signs from him all around me and in this regard my awareness is intensified, at the same time though, I feel myself moving around as if in a dream, lost in thoughts and memories...</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">Life continues.....and I managed to put together a lovely easter celebration for the children and their friend who came to take part in the egg hunt, which Kaleena had decided was to take place in the bunny corral. She and Keenan worked on cleaning up the place all week, planting greens, clearing rock and beautifying the space for the event.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">We made wet felted eggs during the week, and the day before easter sunday we dyed, painted, blew and hung eggs.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sunday morning the children woke to the traditional beautifully decorated easter table, Kaleena's favorite part, and after a decadent breakfast I hid all the painted, woolen and chocolate eggs in the bunny coral.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">Finally each child caught their favorite bunny and dressed it with a bow for the special day:)</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">So as I grieve, it is after all lovely to find that life goes on, and to remember that while I may not hear my fathers voice again, I can feel him in each wind gust. I can remember him when I come upon a perfectly heart shaped rock.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;">When a bird comes surprisingly close I can feel his presence. When I sit in stillness and when life gets extremely loud I can remember his strength, his appreciation of all that this life has to offer, I take a deep breath and allow his patience and his positive attitude to flow through me and so he continues to be.....</div><div><br />
</div><div>~blessings~</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-32334602063141230912012-04-02T15:44:00.001-04:002012-04-02T15:46:01.419-04:00Letting go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6wZd5hveocZhGsCrZx9VXWKohm0lGQna1pzwKyihqgIb3QdYTG6_lFQVwPV_BnfZe5WEZF_Zm_zSvZNDh8o1l7iQrjXf25Vpvqc45fDoezPFrQgOlSCymyGO8z2S-Kpv5pBkJdqTomI/s1600/P3280003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6wZd5hveocZhGsCrZx9VXWKohm0lGQna1pzwKyihqgIb3QdYTG6_lFQVwPV_BnfZe5WEZF_Zm_zSvZNDh8o1l7iQrjXf25Vpvqc45fDoezPFrQgOlSCymyGO8z2S-Kpv5pBkJdqTomI/s640/P3280003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I am surrounded by beauty, I know this, I feel it, and yet these days it seems I am unable to be present with it all.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">I am back with my family after two and half month apart and yet what I crave most is solitude.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">I find myself looking for peace alone in a hammock staring into the woods.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">I feel the constant hum of nature all around me, and it is there that my soul goes these days.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">Arriving back here from Denmark and the time with my father I felt a deep peace, a sense that I had successfully completed a circle with him, and yet now that I know my sister and my mother are sitting at his bedside simply waiting for the last breath to arrive, I feel a ripping at my insides, and an inability to let go of this man that has always been there for me, a rock and a compass always guiding me towards the very best inside myself.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">I believe in eternal life, that he will always be with me, within me, all around me, that there really is no separation and still my heart aches and my soul hurts unlike any hurt I have ever felt before.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">I realize that I am in the middle of the worst pain right now, that it will move through me and leave me stronger and more alive than before, yet at this moment I am struggling to let go, </div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">much as my father might be in his bed at this very moment I imagine.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">And as I work on my own letting go, I wish for his letting go to be complete, and that this journey be the greatest of all his journeys yet.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-45549744556530759672012-03-28T13:23:00.002-04:002012-03-28T14:37:30.031-04:00For the love of frogs, mud and bunnies.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20GJxg_Z83H1Y4EZNvcEhh2Se8C0_HROovZ4rNvYqfOASI5ev4w_Y1PAQ-72bAH_u5i2BRvxFmpmt85MciCZIvFKJ7gkSn9ntQs-woVsyud5Yh7chhrEan24rIud4CncSy4lkG1iloyQ/s1600/P3270061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20GJxg_Z83H1Y4EZNvcEhh2Se8C0_HROovZ4rNvYqfOASI5ev4w_Y1PAQ-72bAH_u5i2BRvxFmpmt85MciCZIvFKJ7gkSn9ntQs-woVsyud5Yh7chhrEan24rIud4CncSy4lkG1iloyQ/s640/P3270061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The children have for as long as I can remember had a very special love for frogs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There has always been the awareness of their singing at dusk, their spring time mating in our ponds or blow-up pools and there has always been the catching of them followed by their release back into the wild. We usually always keep an observatory for all the little creatures that the children find, much love and attention goes into the keeping of the observy, as we lovingly call it, and it changes frequently between earthen, dessert and watery world.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I arrived back from Denmark it was an earthen home and housed a baby tarantula and a lizard, the children would catch and bring bugs to the little creatures for as long as they kept them in captivity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The frog in these pictures is called Camelia, and from what the children tell me she keeps coming back, they release her and she finds her way back to them within a few days. The observatory was changed into a watery world filled with rocks for Camelia and her friend another tree frog, who quickly escaped.</div><div style="text-align: center;">After a day in captivity Camelia was released back into the cenote. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpBP20J8M-ojQGYPAlcgeGu1bzpw0sS5MdCyycckwLDtBoqCyfax37pgLF_Z6y0KY_j2WqUBzGvIp3wg3u-CjEZQkzIAI-Vi2lynY_ZXwM_6oyf9nlEB4aQfitCxr5ER2PCdJqL-zjQA/s1600/P3270060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpBP20J8M-ojQGYPAlcgeGu1bzpw0sS5MdCyycckwLDtBoqCyfax37pgLF_Z6y0KY_j2WqUBzGvIp3wg3u-CjEZQkzIAI-Vi2lynY_ZXwM_6oyf9nlEB4aQfitCxr5ER2PCdJqL-zjQA/s640/P3270060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">As I sit under the expansive ceiling of our jungle home I am once again reminded how extraordinary this experience has been for our family.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sure the heat is at times oppressing, the bugs relentless, the inconveniences of living without electric power, hot water and until very recently a toilet can at times feel very overwhelming, yet now as this time is coming to a close</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot help but to be acutely aware of the blessings that this </div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">brief experience has afforded us.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">The children enjoy endless creative play in nature, their relationship with the animals, especially the babies, but truly all the different creatures around us, has created in them a growing compassion for all things living. Their learning has been completely natural, they have learned the necessity of attentiveness and awareness when living in an environment shared with potentially dangerous animals...and they have been free, free to just be..</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">We have, for a moment, taken part in the development of this harsh terrain, and so, with the help of many, created a more cohesive and functioning piece of land.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">The fact is that our little family will be making the move north. Come mid may we will be taking our leave and move to Denmark, a move that we have envisioned for three years, and are finally able to make a reality.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">There are many reasons for the sudden change in plans and I could get into it here, but I wont because it is not important. Suffice it to say, that everything has worked out in perfect order for everyone involved, and that we feel nothing but gratitude.</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">So as we work the land these last few weeks it is with the intention of leaving everything in the best possible way, as a reminder that we were here and cared deeply for this project and with the wishes that it will continue to grow into</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">the wonderful place envisioned. </div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">~blessings~</div></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-51445351375261067842012-03-09T05:02:00.000-05:002012-03-09T05:02:23.869-05:00Times of change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XOi_RjN7OZCZC5WzXcQEys58Pf7U02qaZli2U6-t2mQOsQXRwfuNub3JnBsS4oLjebZwwJQCTgmb8U4TnrDzyw1NFum-Nnp4kEoa8U99X7yXEnRFipzKWHR1W-_lPkxIMSTaUG4Ut60/s1600/P2260638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XOi_RjN7OZCZC5WzXcQEys58Pf7U02qaZli2U6-t2mQOsQXRwfuNub3JnBsS4oLjebZwwJQCTgmb8U4TnrDzyw1NFum-Nnp4kEoa8U99X7yXEnRFipzKWHR1W-_lPkxIMSTaUG4Ut60/s640/P2260638.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">These are times of change on so many levels for our little family....</div><div style="text-align: center;">....all good things</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will return when everything is more clearly defined.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">With a tender heart I went for a long walk this morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mother nature had put on her winter best, and spectacular hoar frost was everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The splendid beauty all around filled me with peace, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a peace I sorely need these days, </div><div style="text-align: center;">as we seem to be headed into </div><div style="text-align: center;">challenging times.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ybTORrPScRJlcmix5RBU1IQ6LQrpHqFW1MYtpREaQSymA_vX07RunVyhBKrrv7xmzrp8_zWDexMPRXf7HB273cxw1DTnT_fmpAtLgWBulxDXwhPxwDQ1QGjaSalb24xxY6vIg0cDVd8/s1600/P1130701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ybTORrPScRJlcmix5RBU1IQ6LQrpHqFW1MYtpREaQSymA_vX07RunVyhBKrrv7xmzrp8_zWDexMPRXf7HB273cxw1DTnT_fmpAtLgWBulxDXwhPxwDQ1QGjaSalb24xxY6vIg0cDVd8/s640/P1130701.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is hard to put words to any post these days, which is why I haven't been posting I suppose.</div><div style="text-align: center;">One day takes the next, and while the situation is essentially a tough one,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we are all managing, I feel, with strength and courage.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My parents are truly handling this circumstance in an inspiring way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It reminds me of the strength of the human spirit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> If we think to far into the future, imagining where this road will take us, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we can easily become overwhelmed with grief and thoughts</div><div style="text-align: center;">of how we might not be able to make it through.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet when we manage to stay present and deal with each moment as it presents itself, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it somehow transforms us and the moment, into something that we can digest and deal with.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My dad, his body fading away before our very eyes, yet the spirit in his eyes shining clearer than ever.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My mom, tapping into an inner strength, I think she had forgotten was there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am filled with love and admiration for these two people, for the human spirit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and for this thing we call life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-75859303006133668012012-01-09T12:09:00.000-05:002012-01-09T12:09:10.567-05:00Postcards from Denmark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhryi54FUhi41cEdec9ctD_GhM2ZEMH1lihNHKW4f_h8QoE2VdrY2hkIhM1IHNMnBUrZ2n2-mVilnPm4yxLNxBX-Ox4W_zLZoLCbBPeBusAQmAgnRC1SSuH2rVW-9pVtw4iXVT8SzYpI/s1600/P1040616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhryi54FUhi41cEdec9ctD_GhM2ZEMH1lihNHKW4f_h8QoE2VdrY2hkIhM1IHNMnBUrZ2n2-mVilnPm4yxLNxBX-Ox4W_zLZoLCbBPeBusAQmAgnRC1SSuH2rVW-9pVtw4iXVT8SzYpI/s640/P1040616.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It is so wonderful to be home!</div><div style="text-align: center;">My dad is doing well, and has spent a lot of time at home, </div><div style="text-align: center;">although he returns to the hospital at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so very grateful for this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMHYlAjN94Hr0WeRVumw4-L9mOwe94hZjv_I3HB49PtAcGlUzA1V2fRHtxclXt3ktDRdb9xsSN6BLDV_l6RUWukmTsa_mrINgEUMJo4GL8_EKzvLkt_ZB_7E7f2s9fFN8TCPxv8w1o-g/s1600/P1040617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMHYlAjN94Hr0WeRVumw4-L9mOwe94hZjv_I3HB49PtAcGlUzA1V2fRHtxclXt3ktDRdb9xsSN6BLDV_l6RUWukmTsa_mrINgEUMJo4GL8_EKzvLkt_ZB_7E7f2s9fFN8TCPxv8w1o-g/s640/P1040617.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It has been many years since I have spent a winter in Denmark and while this winter has been very mild,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as is the case in many places from what I understand, it is much colder than where I come from.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet what strikes me every time I visit is the light, summer or winter the light always amazes me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I find it so dramatic and it makes for wonderful photographs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU0lSDQ3TPA027jCo7Nv0tGvheyTHk6DL_9LKxGnA0NGJ4KIUPc8Qn1liCFuD3NZKJbSuj3HRrYAzA7zeqMznBQEZlLBECbkzQceNmH90XeGEeARShTMdfnEx-ftIcM-fCW9RB-VEmvY/s1600/P1040619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdIVj2ZRb4gfPa841jhhcpdyGmOmRyDajG8aKLFFjXEv0frp2Hj5eHq0QPEeRZDY__tmBx95kMs849BB2UKoGtWVGAshCR1CnCrcQHe96lQXa9Pf4YScaYjlMZj0tevWtaTppBGRc3Sk/s1600/P1010614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdIVj2ZRb4gfPa841jhhcpdyGmOmRyDajG8aKLFFjXEv0frp2Hj5eHq0QPEeRZDY__tmBx95kMs849BB2UKoGtWVGAshCR1CnCrcQHe96lQXa9Pf4YScaYjlMZj0tevWtaTppBGRc3Sk/s640/P1010614.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For years now we have been floating little lights on New Years eve with wishes for the coming year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The children look forward to it, and while we have been doing it for many years,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is a little different each year. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The first year we floated little walnut shells with birthday candles in the pond that</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Miguel had built in our garden in Miami.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In North Carolina we sent our little lights floating in a big bowl as we had no other water close enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the Dominican Republic we floated the lights in their big pond, back in Asheville</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my sisters creek in her back yard and this year we walked through the dark woods to the cenote</div><div style="text-align: center;">with our little lights already lighted, </div><div style="text-align: center;">sitting on little pieces of coconut shells and set them afloat with our wishes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was lovely, so quiet and peaceful (besides the constant chattering of Keenan)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Both Keenan and Kaleena were sure that we were all wishing for the same thing this year,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and while they were both concerned that our wishes might not come true</div><div style="text-align: center;">if we talked about it out loud, we assured them that it is </div><div style="text-align: center;">the intention behind the wishes that matters most.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So this year we said a joint wish out loud and kept a moment of silence after.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was beautiful and fitting, and is a lovely tradition that we all enjoy deeply.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87GwH7e18DhAdSK50bC6DliKtcfxAYamwN1F-LDGWafoUbWCeHHJj6-pE_g09PIUcYdTvtfKqaNQIYTsVS8ubo_Bhnr8afFe0chL5afAwh1JNZu1Q6yeAgA57GZvhG7wyWsv0NOZX3dA/s1600/PC310613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87GwH7e18DhAdSK50bC6DliKtcfxAYamwN1F-LDGWafoUbWCeHHJj6-pE_g09PIUcYdTvtfKqaNQIYTsVS8ubo_Bhnr8afFe0chL5afAwh1JNZu1Q6yeAgA57GZvhG7wyWsv0NOZX3dA/s640/PC310613.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>“It must happen to us all…</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>We pack up what we’ve learned so far and leave the familiar behind.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i> No fun, that shearing separation, </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>but somewhere within, </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i>we must dimly know that saying goodbye to safety</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i> brings the only security we’ll ever know.” </i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b><i><br />
</i></b>― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16904.Richard_Bach" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Richard Bach</a>, <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/30364" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit</a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">~Blessings~</span></div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-40417530262249099412011-12-31T14:18:00.000-05:002011-12-31T14:18:18.917-05:00Baby bunnies, home improvement and going away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1XUSEwLHZmHpiQZC1RAb1w1f9kvLj4nY1OwkqPectvwfhz4nURyFEdFF-PAwcB-XjOjKr8JhMJL41f-2yxSONmnksnbr46xZmtrYfgEZn7-W20klhcsV0Uu0qP_WARk46D0RkaMZSZU/s1600/PC290609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1XUSEwLHZmHpiQZC1RAb1w1f9kvLj4nY1OwkqPectvwfhz4nURyFEdFF-PAwcB-XjOjKr8JhMJL41f-2yxSONmnksnbr46xZmtrYfgEZn7-W20klhcsV0Uu0qP_WARk46D0RkaMZSZU/s640/PC290609.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One of the bunnies died the other night. We are not sure if it was the cold or if he got smashed </div><div style="text-align: center;">under his brother and sister. Either way we now have three bunnies and we are supplementing the smallest with some cow milk. Mostly I try to help her nurse, but mama bunny seems to have had enough nursing, since her two biggest babies are eating on their own now.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In nature it is clear that only the two would have survived.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is precious to take part in this process of caring for these little creatures and the children are obviously </div><div style="text-align: center;">besides themselves in love with each one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two already have name and are suppose to move in close to our house and be cared for by the children. We shall see:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLlKYNbo0y1mogQ79LS84qnQnMTfzMXVoHuW4NjgKhuNczxaQWREr2wCdX1lbExRRVUn9lH3lGJgmNk8WKBvLFPKf2bbSltmo3nuOBU2BNUkdp2WeWaLlsQIOPMrSkz4CsAUh5c0QuN8/s1600/PC290616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLlKYNbo0y1mogQ79LS84qnQnMTfzMXVoHuW4NjgKhuNczxaQWREr2wCdX1lbExRRVUn9lH3lGJgmNk8WKBvLFPKf2bbSltmo3nuOBU2BNUkdp2WeWaLlsQIOPMrSkz4CsAUh5c0QuN8/s640/PC290616.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will once again be leaving for a while.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I plan to post while I am away although it will not be Land related.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to Denmark on my own to spend a couple of months with my dad and mom.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Although my dad appears fine when we talk on Skype apparently he is getting very weak,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will go to help out in any way that I can.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel extremely fortunate that I live a life that allows me to go away for a couple of months</div><div style="text-align: center;">and serve my parents in their time of need.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And how fortunate I am,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that Miguel is the kind of hands on father and the kind of husband that supports me in my choice to go for such an extended while.</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I shall miss my sweet family here and life in the wild,</div><div style="text-align: center;">how much I look forward to be able to be of service at such a time in my parents life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It gives me great pleasure to give back a little of all that they have given throughout my life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally I wish us all a peace filled new year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">May it be a year of positive change and a deepening of our awareness!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-71580891116967601982011-12-29T11:34:00.000-05:002011-12-29T11:34:47.432-05:00The little things..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I might share some of my more challenging moments from these past days, but why put my attention there?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Part of life will always be challenging and it will always depend on how we deal with these challenges that determines how much they affect us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The constant mess and dirt in the house, with workers constantly in and out can certainly drive my crazy if I let it, and sometimes I do let it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet if I remind myself to take a deep breath, and tell myself that this too shall pass, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that everything, this included, is temporary, then I can take a step back, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and allow the mess to be, and go on with my day and my work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The same goes for our toilet situation which is also getting tiring, especially for Kaleena and I,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who must crouch in the forrest floor and hope to not encounter critters or stinging plant while doing so.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet I know that soon we will have the composting part of the toilet ready and will once again enjoy the simple pleasure of sitting inside in peace to take care of business.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This way of living certainly has a way of teaching us to enjoy the simple pleasures in life, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and not take anything for granted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such as going to the bathroom inside, a hot shower (it will probably still be awhile before we can add that to our everyday comforts), cooking inside on a stove (yeahh, we now have a gas stove and no longer need to start a fire to boil water), having closets to put away things and doors so that not every little critter of the forrest will enter when the rains makes them seek shelter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, surely it can be uncomfortable and messy living like this, but as we each day make little progresses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we can truly see and feel the fruit of our labor and that alone is very satisfying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also the beauty always helps to bring peace to our hearts, because each day there is something new and amazing to wonder at, and to remind us about the perfection of the natural world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWlTSE9pOeQEArUamvbNJvASfBiI09wcfYOZsX8wXL5IbnO97pD7fCP4rmoG66txtydyETg-xQVNQxLPicZFsTs94SNyOudUcZNUbqe3R_cd1Heb4S1PGrn-liunWF8xM0xmqcY7H55E/s1600/PC270632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWlTSE9pOeQEArUamvbNJvASfBiI09wcfYOZsX8wXL5IbnO97pD7fCP4rmoG66txtydyETg-xQVNQxLPicZFsTs94SNyOudUcZNUbqe3R_cd1Heb4S1PGrn-liunWF8xM0xmqcY7H55E/s640/PC270632.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We made another bed, which has already been planted with beets, rutabaga, dill, calendula, green beans,<br />
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Turkey from the land cooked Pibil style, sweet potatoes from the land cooked int he coals of a fire, and pak choy from the land, cooked with garlic, olive oil, sea salt and cream.<br />
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as well as mayo and arugula from the garden.<br />
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We have found many dead ones before as the fire ants get to them before we have been able to save them.<br />
Two of the ones we found today were one week old and two were about three weeks old.<br />
The children were so excited to enjoy these babies for a brief moment.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJsFbSe0C4ys2bPrX01Yz7Yor6B6WwPgDzIhuc_yInZZ68XP7xWV4fnxlCFT4XKDVXpHyR5swybSyKIzaPzEKpUQ9soJLq4K3SIPoeQH_GV6vFw86ia-bZVy7mqQoMqo9fEmT7C5nAoo/s1600/PC220645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJsFbSe0C4ys2bPrX01Yz7Yor6B6WwPgDzIhuc_yInZZ68XP7xWV4fnxlCFT4XKDVXpHyR5swybSyKIzaPzEKpUQ9soJLq4K3SIPoeQH_GV6vFw86ia-bZVy7mqQoMqo9fEmT7C5nAoo/s640/PC220645.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">~May this Christmas be filled with joy and peace~</div><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3085279937039671159.post-65378878184471692172011-12-19T15:34:00.000-05:002011-12-19T15:34:09.435-05:00What we have been up to...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8O3qgnbeWF5aNiAuKjVq4hzIMyAT439sCnVz3jM98-ui_mgJkTOxBm_bOuSvo7AfGdPkx81SpP-uRXpKS1rQPSa43TR3TMnDheEyIl9aw-t3cCsntQsLZpmY1I7wZaJpGN5ZYxCbrUA/s1600/PC160636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8O3qgnbeWF5aNiAuKjVq4hzIMyAT439sCnVz3jM98-ui_mgJkTOxBm_bOuSvo7AfGdPkx81SpP-uRXpKS1rQPSa43TR3TMnDheEyIl9aw-t3cCsntQsLZpmY1I7wZaJpGN5ZYxCbrUA/s640/PC160636.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life on the land has been intense in every way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are beautiful sunsets, unbelievable starry skies, amazing silence and such peacefulness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course there is also ridiculous amounts of mosquitos and black flies (that bite even worse),</div><div style="text-align: center;">unending amounts of dust in the house, and all the inconveniences that come along with living</div><div style="text-align: center;">without a toilet, electricity and hot water.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are moments when I want to scream out of frustration, (plenty of times I actually do scream); from the constant mess, the dirt, the food floating around wet in the cooler, the constant itching from bites and so forth. I remind myself, and the children that it is temporary and keep on going...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I can honestly say that overall, even with all the little inconveniences,</div><div style="text-align: center;">life on the land is wonderful. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is so rich, so alive, so full of "real" work.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The days never seem long enough, so much to do, so much to create.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a canvas, a blank canvas, with unending amounts of possibilities, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and we all love it for this. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Living so in the middle of the raw nature, it absorbs me and full fills me so wonderfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This week we created a new bed. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing here is just like that, first finding the spot, the removing all rocks and roots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SauBM7sWe1KOdc3sJ54lws7Lj-fwqRilzltFsLZ40NCpL3XjyU6pMe_pJXBgStcbMTIBMb88i10DbihwG60QNpVEtnew9BSzGOcJLhlC-1nKtdckUF4DrDNiWsboPI29E8mh8VAyuDg/s1600/PC140672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SauBM7sWe1KOdc3sJ54lws7Lj-fwqRilzltFsLZ40NCpL3XjyU6pMe_pJXBgStcbMTIBMb88i10DbihwG60QNpVEtnew9BSzGOcJLhlC-1nKtdckUF4DrDNiWsboPI29E8mh8VAyuDg/s640/PC140672.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uMT3oouxAdB9B5lmQ03Sa9fNClu5ITZEVnWgWuTHWxb9dLzBOx7kE8r678CBF3nIVnsnTq4xyyNIlQYX9m1jGQNL-pR7xGZwbD_PSmUHEIqihbth-NONM0_TYFpHkAyEBGA9NS8_T5E/s1600/PC150668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uMT3oouxAdB9B5lmQ03Sa9fNClu5ITZEVnWgWuTHWxb9dLzBOx7kE8r678CBF3nIVnsnTq4xyyNIlQYX9m1jGQNL-pR7xGZwbD_PSmUHEIqihbth-NONM0_TYFpHkAyEBGA9NS8_T5E/s640/PC150668.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And Sunday we finally had the house "clean" enough to bring it in and decorate it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We will have Christmas in this house even if the dinner is on the floor, with the mosquitos and the dust</div><div style="text-align: center;">and no light :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvDPaIFlXbTihCt0CwczJ7RB8skx5tKTR1asypkOPLuiDOC4CGmNXXh9VVdNybzASJmvDEZ6NUVQKTAOQ0_un23fRN_SDs2MJz6MbyhzbVhCurLHpXcP-WK6kzSuFDYTEDPHwHd5-UNI/s1600/PC180616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvDPaIFlXbTihCt0CwczJ7RB8skx5tKTR1asypkOPLuiDOC4CGmNXXh9VVdNybzASJmvDEZ6NUVQKTAOQ0_un23fRN_SDs2MJz6MbyhzbVhCurLHpXcP-WK6kzSuFDYTEDPHwHd5-UNI/s640/PC180616.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Will you look at this spider eating a dragon fly for breakfast right outside our door,</div><div style="text-align: center;">no not door of course, because we don't have any doors, but the door opening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEgdBgHM_aonQLfpSEQZZosoMnKgXQ017T1M3G9GpMimZd6qT41D1RNr_TQyhZGpZKGS1cTplXLvcB1cxFnb-LM6mggcIJ2bXVatRZWQuIWOi7lWVOKwuuWayMqCTUvGJ4s6Hy3lO0jM/s1600/PC160607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEgdBgHM_aonQLfpSEQZZosoMnKgXQ017T1M3G9GpMimZd6qT41D1RNr_TQyhZGpZKGS1cTplXLvcB1cxFnb-LM6mggcIJ2bXVatRZWQuIWOi7lWVOKwuuWayMqCTUvGJ4s6Hy3lO0jM/s640/PC160607.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And of course I must have a few banana palm pictures too</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8F7XiCF6gbI-HWlCLiNT651FjRTJqpuK9lCvylAHSY5MAQ98KoOKIISc5RiPadhcXnBE0DsR21-TOY-axIbaJgk_QbAUvab-mDXSydIlHEZJTL7x4vSYVkJCebpHXalpruwVjJ_8QV5I/s1600/PC160617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8F7XiCF6gbI-HWlCLiNT651FjRTJqpuK9lCvylAHSY5MAQ98KoOKIISc5RiPadhcXnBE0DsR21-TOY-axIbaJgk_QbAUvab-mDXSydIlHEZJTL7x4vSYVkJCebpHXalpruwVjJ_8QV5I/s640/PC160617.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVO0hURh6fFgI6wL8Xjz1X7im3Ltn5yrAM2TnjA4uQ8Q3VZ-5rJaeUOALX5f1-chQ5SnsvvxF-0POs12IoR0GefRvjqSgqkVViS15_enxk_bypYgXXzjSsPm2V5WQSzJ9opZj2Fr-VwT4/s1600/PC160632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVO0hURh6fFgI6wL8Xjz1X7im3Ltn5yrAM2TnjA4uQ8Q3VZ-5rJaeUOALX5f1-chQ5SnsvvxF-0POs12IoR0GefRvjqSgqkVViS15_enxk_bypYgXXzjSsPm2V5WQSzJ9opZj2Fr-VwT4/s640/PC160632.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the other day while watering, it started drizzling and this gorgeous rainbow grazed me with</div><div style="text-align: center;">its presence...beauty, beauty, beauty....</div><div style="text-align: center;">It really makes all the difference when everything else can seem momentarily overwhelming!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeGrJYdnqGtzYxwNqtzFG5cLPYQaQzN2_YEKcjiYuX2gxPsiLZzJofkPFyZfmgqb8ra_ANSx-N0ZuGiBbwLtvXZNGlkABDc7sIUQZGEWdFU3lnL6HI-1AGhvl_E0Cs6aYk_zA3WlRQwI/s1600/PC170661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeGrJYdnqGtzYxwNqtzFG5cLPYQaQzN2_YEKcjiYuX2gxPsiLZzJofkPFyZfmgqb8ra_ANSx-N0ZuGiBbwLtvXZNGlkABDc7sIUQZGEWdFU3lnL6HI-1AGhvl_E0Cs6aYk_zA3WlRQwI/s640/PC170661.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">~Blessings~</div>christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15597737616995642811noreply@blogger.com3