On the heels of my blog post about homeschooling our children, I have been sent an inspiring message on what is the MOST important thing we can teach our children. To teach them to be conscious in the moment and to make choices on how they want to think about ANYTHING. If we can …
What is that saying? Watch what you wish for, or it just might come true. Well my wish has come true. Yes, I have been wishing for a farm for a few years now. I want space where we can grow enough food for our family to be sustainable. Land for animals to roam and …
Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~Neil Postman~ (The Disappearance of Childhood (introduction), 1982) Mitchell and Emily, his grad date and guitar partner In a blink of an eye our children grow up. In a blink, the bike is still Yesterday was my son …
Welcome to Lakelin Reach Urban Homestead. It’s late August and everything is over flowing and some things, like our tomatoes are requiring daily harvesting and processing. Now I’m questioning whether 16 plants was too many for our family of 10, well actually, soon to be a family of 8 living in our home now …
One of my fav songs….Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (If you can’t view this video above, check out this link to the song, “Teach Your Children, by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young”) One of my web board friends just wrote a post on our parenting support board regarding how scared she …
This plaque in my bathroom reminds me daily to “Count My Blessings” For a few weeks now a blog post has been composting inside my head. It started when our 18 year old son Mitchell came home after being out really late, to tell us that there had been a little mishap with …
When our now 5 year old son, Will started preschool 2 years ago, I thought there may be some serious adjustment issues because on day one, when he was introduced to his new teacher he immediately gave her a huge hug. I thought it was loving and kind and watched with joy but I …
As I grieve over the fact that our oldest daughter has moved to the other side of the world and I miss her terribly, I realize that I can’t just lay in bed and be sad. The thing about having other children is that you have no choice. You have to get up and …
Life around the homestead has been busier than usual this past week as we have been helping our oldest daughter prepare to leave home. Although she has been in and out of the proverbial nest for the last 6 years while she has been attending the University of Victoria, this trip is the big take …
What makes you happy? For me, chocolate is right up there. Up there with eating chocolate, is making something chocolatey for someone I love. So on the heels of expanding my happiness quotient, I decided to share my recipe for Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies, CHOCOLATE, ice cream sandwich cookies. Just for you. Expanding happiness everywhere. …
Hello, how nice to see you, please come in as I was just making some refreshing Sun Ice Tea. Here is everything I need to make my tea: I have this large old pickle jar that I fill with boiling water. I then add whatever tea that I’m craving. I’m showing David’s tea summer sampler …
Okay, maybe it was crazy to start a blog and start writing about my homestead right in the middle of summer. I mean, gesh, as though I’m not busy enough with my 8 kids, summer camps, having family come to visit, agreeing to take care of the neighbour’s flowers (and I’m not talking about …
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I’m here. At last. I’ve been thinking of starting a blog for the longest time but one thing or another always came up and I just never started it. I was actually hoping that a recent dream, now lost, would come true and I would be able to begin my blog with …