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oh the things you've been missing

Just to say hello, I'm alive. Things have been rough as true summer has attacked us on the farm. There is a pretty significant altitude increase from our home on the mountain to this wide open grassland near the coast, so it has been much hotter than I am used to. I am thankful that june is over, and only two more months until cooler days will return. On a more positive note, I have a new cell phone (damn the consumer in me) that even kind of gets reception here. The down side is the internet doesn't pick up so well, but I can get on through the close by wifi with a weak signal, so hopefully days of sharing more openly are here. It also has a fabulous camera. I feel I have let miss you miss out on so much. there are the quickly growing baby pigs, the turkeys who just upgraded to their stylish new home, the abundance of just hatched chicks roaming the acres with their moms watchfully guiding them, and the new goat who has stolen my heart. I promise more pictures are soon to come. We are leaving on sunday to enjoy a much needed getaway to the sea. Oh sand and storms and glimpses of dolphins while the sun is setting over our kayaks. We need this. It's also pretty cool that we will be there on the day we toast to being halfway through this journey towards our new life. Thankful for all we are learning and doing, but exhausted from heat and homesickness. The day will be here soon...







Until next time, 
Angela Kelly

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