Simplifying Things

I recently returned from a trip to Vermont to visit my Grandmother and my Uncle at their home in Cavendish. I was impressed by their life they had made on the farm land in the mountains. Morning chores, evening chores, farm animals, large gardens of vegetables and another of flowers. Apple, cherry and peach trees. It was a delightful environment to be in, and I realized that I, too, would like to incorporate these connections with my yard, my animals, my home life.

Those of you that know me, know that I tend to carry a full schedule of "to dos" in my life. I took this past weekend to start that "to do" list at home. I started my first garden. I do not know much about gardening, just enough to know I like the idea of growing and eating my own foods. I know that I like the idea of composting to prevent waste, and I support being mindful of recycling. I spent two days in my new garden and the work is not nearly completed, but I am beginning to value the simple things at home. My life with my husband, my evenings with my pets, and now my garden. This weekend we also began feeding our pets rice and chicken (it does not really cost that much more than we were spending already) and we reorganized our recycling, making it a simpler task to encourage us to do more of it.

I am already setting a new routine with my home life as the priority, and I am excited to carry these new priorities into the work year in August.


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