Life

Life is just plain busy for us these days. My blogging and photography have taken a backseat to the child rearing, garden raising, chicken keeping, homemaking, and income earning. My creative interests are not dead, just dormant and steeping, to be awaken and poured out when the timing is right.

During these times of creative rest, I tend to reassess and declutter - both figuratively and literally. We've recently had new carpet installed in our house, which meant we had to move all our furniture into the garage. The big move-in has turned into quite the spring cleaning event. I refuse to bring the same amount of stuff back into our house. I have made many trips to Goodwill during the last couple of weeks, and there are many more trips in my near future. Organizing projects on a tight budget keep the creative juices flowing and I am glad to finally unpack stowed away boxes from our move last year. Forgotten books and artwork have been rediscovered and its a beautiful thing.

While busy with the day-to-day business of our family and home, we have made time to stop and watch a hot air balloon drift lazily into the sunrise.

It's important that we do that.