Oh to have an outdoor water tap. Actually we can go to the local town and fill a tank with water to water our gardens. It does make it better when there isn't much rain.
At least you have a goal in mind for your off grid experience. In the end as long as you are happy doing what you are doing that is all that counts. If you are working toward off grid living then enjoy the ride. There are so many things to think about and plan. We didn't do tons of planning. We jumped in and then tried to work it out.
There are days when I think of what it would be like to live in the city again and have everything at your finger tips. Then I think nope I don't think I could do it any more. Too many people so close to each other, and no animals.
I am glad we did all of our harder work when we were younger. I am not sure if I could pound tires now. To be able to be off grid before you are 50 that is not off your rocker in my books. I think it is a great goal to have and the wonderful thing about it is you have all the off gridders to learn from here on steemit. It is a great way to build ideas.
It's totally an awesome way to build ideas here on this platform! I love how the communities are coming together! It's really cool. Thanks for your vote of confidence!! One step at a time!! Silly me made the mistake that it's ok to feel comfortable enough to go in to see the psycologist & cry. I friggin felt like crying. It was a cry kinda day. And, i don't have many of those days. I feel like i need a few of them really but never at the psych office again π€¦ββοΈ she's good to plan & strategize some of the logistics of what I am navigating. But, not the grief of a lost dream or trickiness of split family/ kids. Showing feelings of sadness .... i won't go there with her again. I was triggered, my daughter's pet gerbil died that morning. It was her first pet we bought together. He's 4 years old we had so many adventures together! Haha, i was grieving his passing and my daughters navigating his lost as well as her other critters she's recently lost (her rescue bunny a dwarf netherland on Christmas eve :( anyways! I am babbling! I think you're well & good in your little corner. Your community will grow & prosper! It's good you have access to supplies. Makes it more manageable for sure. I have penciled in the dates of the TIPI event in July. Will see how things go, it will be great to visit eventually! Whenever it works out. How's your baby chicks? And, goats? Your atrium!!? Hopefully, i have not missed your mushroom gathering activities!! How are the bugs?? Hope they are not driving you too nuts! ππ·ππ¦
That is too bad you are not able to confide in your psychologist. We all need someone to talk to now and then. It is hard to find someone with whom you can share those types of moments. I sure hope you were able to work out your feelings. I am sorry to hear that your daughter lost her pet gerbil and rabbit. It is hard to loose a family pet. Especially when there were many good times together.
We are good here. Life is setteling in from all the spring chaos. Our youngest son is out visiting so I have been distracted with him. He is praticing for his divers test. His test is on Monday. I am excited and nervous for him. He has a car and they were fixing it up so it was ready when he is. Other than that it is the usual, gardening and animals. We had a fox that ate almost half of our chickens. That critter moved on thankfully.
The chicks are doing great and the baby ducks look like the adults now. I guess I should do another blog about it all. I took pics last week to do one but never got there. Now everything has changed a bit more so I will take another round of pis and try again this week. Yes the bugs are crazy it is hard to get to the bush. We had some good rain so there should be some great mushrooms out there now. I guess it is time to do that blog again too. Much work to do. I usually feel like I need two of me in the spring, summer and fall.
Oh the fox!! Can you fox proof your coop? Can the dogs keep the foxes out? That's devistating!! Especially when you rely on and have plans for your animals. Though, it's all part of the lifestyle!! I get that too. I guess the work load is why we need to work in groups though 'getting along' is not always easy. I 'completely'understand your situation so if you don't have time or energy to respond no sweat! Winter will come and we will have more time to connect π I have reached out to a past teacher of mine. She is an beautiful spirit and an expert in Non-violent communication. I really feel that being more involved with people that practice and are more skilled at this type of communication will provide a great deal of healing through connection. The meeting went exceptionally well! She offers monthly practice groups and I will work with her one on one too. To help ingrain the principles of this mindfulness communication. To help move away from 'power over' and to move towards 'power with' πΆπ΅πΆπ΅πΆ it's happening π I really love your blogs! I hope you find joy in preparing them. But, if not, it's so nice to connects when you comment on my blogs. It's always a pleasure, a delightful treat really-- to interact and get to know you more.
Yes it is crazy that fox. The fox was taking the chickens in the daytime and Grace was sleeping. Yes it is the lifestyle and we do rely on the eggs but it will be OK. We have been in this place before so it is just a moment in time to go through. With us blogging on steemit it is a great help. We have another sourse of income. Really what we need is an influx of cash so we can put up proper fences. The fences have all been worn down by the goats and so if we had some funds we could make fences and more chicken tractors so that the wildlife can't get at the animals.
I am glad you have reached out to a past teacher. It is good to be able to have people close by to be able to assist. I sure hope it helps. Changing how we communicate is definately a process.
We are putting on a retreat, here are the details:
I am not sure if you or your son would be interested. Also we have not released this information yet you are one of the first to know about it.
I do find joy in preparing my blogs, I just wish I had more time to do them and work steemit. I know I will have time in the winter to really get it going but I would like to be able to do everything now. I guess I need to work on that.
Have a great day. :)