Your words were more amazing than I could have imagined or expected. The time you all took to share ideas; wishes; and support... I am eternally grateful. I also think it's pretty cool that your messages will forever remain in that special journal of mine as I print them and glue them inside. Thank you. A world of thank yous isn't enough. Considering the thoughts that were shared in the comments of yesterday's post, and the direction I am already heading in, I feel like I am on the right track and it will hopefully make for happy passengers in the future (that is you!). If you didn't get a chance to chime in yesterday and would like to, please go right ahead! ;)
For today, some pretty pictures to make you smile. They were taken in October at the Brattleboro Farmers' Market. Such a fine and groovy market. I love the permanence (see in the photos) of most of the booths, made out of trees and branches and such... as if to say, "We are your farmers, and we aren't going anywhere." Such peace of mind.
Is it too soon to be collecting furniture for the Vermont house? Some changes are needed in the furnishings department for us as we make this move. The house isn't too much smaller than our current home, and actually, it has more rooms, or spaces. The rooms are indeed smaller though, to avoid feeling cramped I think we will need to swap a few things.
In reality, we only have two pieces that I don't see fitting in the new house, and they are big pieces. The rest of our things are older, hence they have a smaller footprint which is just what we need. But it's our living room furniture that we will most likely need to let go of, which isn't a whole lotta love lost. It's a typical, overly stuffed and fluffy modern set of the gigantic variety... furniture is made so much bigger now to catch up with the bigger homes. Seeing as we are going in the opposite direction, I've felt the need to keep my eye open for a few new pieces, particularly of the seating variety.
And they should probably rock too. Well, with all the sitting by the wood stove and things of that sort I imagine will be taking place, rocking sounds rather nice. I'm thinking 3 or 4 various rockers, wooden and solid in construction, sprinkled throughout the house will be just right. If they could be mission in variety like this one, reminding me of the architectural beauty of our current home, well, that will be all the sweeter.
Allow me to introduce you to the first of hopefully many rocking chairs for our new home. I found her while out thrifting this weekend.
A few people thought the house pictured in the last post was our home, some of you thought we were on vacation and staying there. Well, it was actually neither, and both at the same time.
We had the pleasure last weekend of traveling up to Vermont (to the property that we will be moving to in July), where we blissfully roamed for hours. In no time at all, the house in the photos of that post will be our home, and we will spend our days living closely to the earth and one another, our perfect life long vacation.
There is so much I want to share about this life change, and I will share many things. But it is likely that what I write here is about all the information I'm willing to part with at the time. The short explanation of what is happening is that we will be renting this property with the option to buy it in a 2-3 years time. It is the best arrangement for us and a comfortable arrangement for the owners. Speaking of the owners; we think they're rather fantastic and part of my not going into too much depth about the details and location of this property has to do with the fact that it indeed belongs to someone else and it's important to us that their privacy is considered. All of this to say that the few times I have written about our Vermont move, I received a bunch of very sweet yet curious emails and comments from people wondering where exactly it is... how we found it... etc... for now I'd like to let what I do share be enough, I won't have much else to share beyond that. I hope everyone understands.
We headed up to do a little more exploring and started the day at a sweet little country fair. It was quaint, festive and unbelievably perfect. All I could think of was how complete it felt and it is so wonderful to think that it will become our country fair very soon. These photos are from our time there. Goodness, it felt so gentle and safe.
After our time at the fair we headed over to the property, I'm sure you can imagine how many photos I took while we explored the entire afternoon away. As we pulled up the driveway, greeted by a freshly painted house and fields that had just been hayed, my mind filled with the very thoughts that have been occupying my dreams and my days for months now; "I just can't believe it's really happening, it fulfills and surpasses all that we had hoped and planned for."
I made a little video collection of photos, with a song that has become an important part of the soundtrack to this chapter of my life. I hope you have a few minutes to watch it, and don't forget to turn up your volume! The title for this post was pulled from my favorite part of the song.
Later this week, Adam has an appointment with a real estate attorney in Vermont. He'll also spend some time at the town hall checking out property records and such. Things are moving in a very forward direction, and it feels so incredibly good.
It was nice to stop in here for a bit this afternoon, now it is back to weekending. Emily's first soccer game is tonight and we are all rather excited around here!
I just wrote a whole post about where I've been, what I've been up to, then Typepad deleted the whole thing. I guess we'll just have to let that be... but I'm here, and I've been there. Things are good and I will be back regularly very soon, just not quite yet.
Almost all of my orders have been shipped, the final batch goes out by the end of this week at the latest. Then I will focus on bags and things for the shop for those of you very kind and patient people who have been asking. I'm gearing up to send off a few important and exciting emails... need to focus on that.
The seasonal shift from summer to fall is my favorite. So much to think about.
I hope you are doing well, it's been awhile, hasn't it? Be back soon.
After a month of rain, a moment like this is all a girl needs. I will miss this porch when we leave, but did you see the sneak peek of the other porch? I think I'll be just fine...
Yes, we are moving to Vermont! To the astoundingly beautiful slice of heaven that I shared here a couple of weeks ago! It is truly happening, and I can hardly find the words to explain the feeling. Well, there really aren't any I suppose, but I bet you know that. One year from now, this blog will be reporting from a quaint little farmhouse on 240 acres, we can hardly wait.
Now, to put this baby on the market... anyone care for a 1922 Bungalow?
My goodness, how could it not be? We went up to Vermont over the weekend to look at a possible property for us to move to. We have since returned feeling inspired and excited, yet remarkably patient and content, an interesting combination that is difficult to explain.
This quintessential Vermont homestead sits privately on it's very own dirt road (town maintained - yay!). Hop in the car and you are a short ten minute drive to the library, an amazing food co-op, museums, a bustling Main St. with great restaurants, thrifting, galleries and shops, hospital (should there be a need), etc.
And to top it all off? This property is made up of 240 pristine and vibrant acres. Where open space, forest, wildlife, flowing water and clean air are all abundant and just outside the front door... or the back door, or any window you gaze out of. 240 acres!
