Freezing rain by you? Check your #hummingbird feeder's holes so they can actually get to their sugar water. I popped ice out of them with a knife tip. We're #offgrid here so this stuff really matters! And of course if the food is frozen, make another batch with a higher sugar ratio - that helps too.
One dog and three cats snuggling together
Each found outside in the last couple yrs, w/ some hurt. Each now critical to our family. My ❤️ goes out to those spending the night alone, cold & scared outdoors. Both 'pets' & wild neighbors alike. Please be mindful of the chaos they feel on celebratory nights like this. Be present for them. #nye
Been thinking about how much power lives in questions we're afraid to ask. "Who needs it more?" is the start of everything. Just asking creates impact. Ex: pandas need bamboo #forests - we just *want* that bamboo container on the shelf. Keep questioning choices. Hear the #wild in your answers.
I feel it too, Grace, every day ❤️
Maple trees with beautiful orange autumn leaves, and evergreen trees and blackberry bushes against a deep blue sky.
Trees out my cabin's window and ...are they glowing? I think they're glowing...
#goodnighttrees #seeyouinthespring #autumn #pnw #offgrid #simplicity
Thought of the week: We talk about 'sustainable materials' like that's the bar. But a green-certified home built on cleared land isn't green for the species that lived there. The most sustainable building choice is usually the one that leaves a forest standing in the first place.
#forthevoiceless
Fall leaves against tall evergreens at sunset
It's so quiet at the cabin tonight. Except for a deer I can hear walking on crunchy leaves. This is all I've actually wanted.
#lovewhatyouhave #simplethings #cabininthewoods #pnwlife
Chipmunk having some millet from a bowl under solar panels next to garden pot.
Yes, we are both working hard outside. And yes, we are following the sun spots in the yard to keep warm.
#Autumn #FallWeather #WFH #Chipmunk #WildNeighbor #NatureBuddies
Autumn leaves after the
Easy to turn inward when life gets busy. But #wildlife needs us most when we feel we have the least to give. Life won't calm down enough for #conservation to fit in so we build it into the rhythm. Not what we do when all is done, but woven into daily choices. Wildlife can't wait; neither should we.
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
There's a barely there breeze I feel this evening if I'm still & it's just barely cooler than the still air. The sun is shining, warm. It is the first touch of #Autumn. This moment between a prime season & an always seemingly shorter & transitionary one is ever so precious to me today. #reflections
I think my favorite thing in the world may just be sitting outside my cabin to watch the leaves in a breeze and listen to songbirds; simple moments in between sessions of blackberry picking for the chickens at my feet. Is there a job for that?
#homestead #hsp #introvert #wildlifewarrior
This is so instantly memorable, what a fun way to stretch the imagination and grow.
"The rain tapped on the metal flue through the roof, with an empty wood stove itching to crackle. Even the wind chimes joined in, hanging from branches across the yard, triangulated as if to keep wizards away."
Adding my #creativewriting on the #blog under the new #fieldnotes tag; feels freeing.
Empower compassion.
rethink the way you live by Amanda Talbot, book on table with misc. items.
I've tried over and over again for *years* to have a new fav coffee table book. But nothing beats this guy. Its become that fav song that just cannot be beat by another. Please tell me I'm not alone here. What's been your coffee table book for longer than you'd like to admit?
#books #recommendations
Two chickens on their deck, sun setting behind foothills
Good view from the coop tonight. These two really do make me a better lady :) I like seeing life through their eyes.
#foothills #chickens #sunset #pnwhomestead
😳 👈 Truly my eyes when I spotted this. Love that big tree!
Captured that motion beautifully! I love when a photo feels so alive 😍
Tiny chicken egg in slightly blackberry-stained hand, sun shining, in the yard.
For those who needed a smirk today (like me), here's a wee little chicken egg from a happy ol' lady hen + some evidence of picking countless blackberries today. We reward egg efforts around here ;) Not too bad on the stained fingers front.
#fortheloveofchickens #dayinthelife #whatsforbreakfast #8b
Been quieter here lately while I'm deep in job application mode. Really value this community & miss engaging but gotta get the career stuff sorted first. Focusing on landing some stability so I can be present outside those hours for fighting habitat loss through creative conservation work 💙
#missya
Because I live alongside wildlife..
..designing for them, too, becomes instinct.
This studio was inevitable..
..*Looks around, goes back outside - to the real office*
#livework #offgrid #fightingforwildlife
It's... ravens!! And they can sound like whoever they want 😉🤭 Generations have lived back there. These ones just cause a bit of a ruckus. They've always kept the eagles away from the chickens too, so I'm happy to have them as neighbors. 💗
Hahah 🤭 now it's all I can see!
Hen in the meadow, with backdrop of trees
No mow May has been well extended over here. 💚 seeing the variety of native plants, the colors & what they each do throughout the #season. Hybrid the hen thinks it's cool too. (Don't worry, she & her friends have paths & natural clearings. She just likes adventure outings into the huge #meadow!)
Large leaves with silvery rain drops caught in the evening light
I don't know what I'd do if I wasn't surrounded by nature all the time. I'd certainly be a lot less curious, inspired, grateful and grounded. ...And don't even get me started about the smell of the forest after it rains.
#nature #aftertherain #pnw #naturalhabitat
That little bird is such perfection.
Can you imagine what it first felt like to be here listening to this? Late @ night, here in a makeshift cabin, in the middle of nowhere? 😳
Can you guess who is talking out there?
Hint: nowadays it's completely normal, often but at least not scary. Ohh this life.. 🤭
#whatisthat #cabininthewoods
Big pink flower on the outskirts of the koi pond
The koi fish are so lucky to have these beauties right outside their 'door'
Sometimes the loosey-goosey sketches done outside with the birds really are how the best ideas flow.
#sorrynotsorryAI #birdsareourfriends #tothegardenIgo
