Remember all those sunny days?

Only a few days ago I looked around the garden and realized for the first time since spring I’m not completely overwhelmed.  The shorter days are taking care of that and I’m glad for the dark evenings. We are slowly moving back inside our house.This past summer was full of never ending sunny days and warm weather. The garden just explored with life and keeping up with transplanting, harvesting and processing harvesting was a joyful day to day challenge. I have to admit I was really happy to discover the last five pounds of green tomatoes where rotten.This summer our cow, Fern, joined our farm with great celebration, it is very difficult to even try to have an biodynamic farm or eat a Weston Price diet without a cow.  Mature coming in for the compost pile is like solid gold around here.  And our family is waiting for spring for that arrival of baby calf and milk.  We also have some hair sheep so whoever has calves or lambs first will be the first to be milked.
The following images are in no order of summer, just a collection of images that really reminded me of these past few months. 

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By weekly epsom salt, essential oil footpaths for all the little bare foot battle wounds. 

We went from four to fifty two ducks this summer. Even if they ate some starts I loved having them around. 

First egg from our spring chicks. 

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I know these pictures look perfect but our lives are just as full or challenges and trials as yours just different.

Son Shine on a cloudy day

Because of you, my son, I learnt what it is to 

live in the moment and that is all we really will ever have.

Happy 2nd Birthday Son Shine. 

Salt Spring

 The first days of August we found ourselves on Salt Spring Island. Where Noah got to meet up with old family friend and I got to make new family friends. What a beautiful, fun and lively island. On saturday we headed down town for the local market, I quickly got a few pictures in the middle of the rush.  Inspiring presentation and great flavours, a market with Raffi and gnomes and I'm right at home.  I got to taste organic raw milk cheese from our new jersey cows family heritage of Moonstruck Cheese. A blog about our new cow, Fern, will follow I'm sure. When I find time, maybe in November. 

Photo credit: Lyra