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on laziness

growing hippity hops

bird bath and curious chickens

Zae- Great Protector of the Garden and Greenhouse

pumpkin patch

a small harvest

my new short hair

This has been by far the wettest summer in history- and I am soaking it up. Partly because last summer was so hot and dry out in Richmond, and partly because working a job in town leaves me feeling lazy and incredibly unproductive when we are home. Granted, part of this is true laziness- the list of non-priority projects around here is giant, and as they are not huge priorities (things like cleaning out the barn, downing trees to clear the plot for our little house, mulching the garden, re-wiring the rabbit hutch, etc etc etc) many hours we waste relaxing in front of the television when we should be outside. 

Despite all this, life is for living right? 

And sometimes living just means being lazy.

Until next time,

Angela Kelly

my sunflowers have been massacred by some unknown forest creature

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