Luke’s First Egg
Cousin Luke and his chicken pose with the first egg! I love that Luke adores his backyard chickens and cares for them so well. He always updates me as to how Lloyd the Chicken is doing when he visits Spring Bird. I think it’s so …
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Tree Slice Weaving Tutorial
Have you ever wanted to weave, but lacked a loom or lacked room for a loom? Well, this Tutorial Video, below, is the first in a video series showcasing five different looms! The first loom is a tree slice! I hope you enjoy the video, …
Never Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
This Summer, Pat has been teaching the kids how to cook dinner and desserts. I am so grateful that everyone enjoys cooking, learning new recipes, and most importanly, eating! Here is a drawing of Abe chopping potatoes to be roasted. We’ve been spending a lot …
Wheelbarrow
We have inherited lovely wheelbarrows, and this is one of them. It has beautiful rust flowers eating through the acidic green paint. And as useful as it s for hauling manure or rubble, I get so much pleasure out of its form, its design. . …
Introducing: Feed Your Cats
So. . . One of my passions is imagining stories about my cats. The kids and I giggle over cat backstories and love interests and all sorts of wild adventures that the cats might be engaged with. And as animals have come into our lives, …
A Barn Story
We have a small horse barn at the edge of our property. Carved into its cement floor are the names of the former horse, Jenny, and her owners. It is perfect. . And even though there are no horses in it now, when I am …
July 17th, 2019
This frog illustration is from the #summerissue of Woolgathering. I wrote an essay about my joy of catching frogs and releasing them at farm pond. The experience always began in fear but ended in fun. Swipe to see a toad that has been hanging out by the …
A Beautiful Bell
One of the many treasures we inherited at Spring Bird is this old school bell from 1886. The Bartholomews installed it to use for retreats and gatherings. A leader will ring it to signal to all of the wandering retreat goers to come back, to …
Lettuce Picker
In the garden, Penelope snips some lettuce for dinner. She might also share some with her guinea pig, Cinnamon. Behind her a bed of cilantro and dill has taken over and gone to flower. Too bad we don’t have a salsa and pickle factory 😣
Plaster Cloth Animal Workshop
What a joy it was to spend the day building animals at the Plaster Cloth Animal Workshop at Spring Bird’s Cottage. This workshop was part of the A Season To Make Workshop Series , which seeks to connect community with creativity and nature. We began by choosing an Animal Card …
Paper Feather Ornament Tutorial
Finding a feather on your path is a special gift, and for some, maybe even an omen. We can’t always find feathers easily, but we can make them!!! And, the feathers we make can be of any size and color. They can hang on their …
Smelling The Scent of the Universe
The Universe is calling you. Some say that the universe will conspire to lift you up into your place. It will find a way of getting you where you are supposed to be in life – in career and in love. The universe is so …
Meet Lucy!
Well, it has been a long time coming, but we finally got a dog at Spring Bird. Even though we had been talking about it for years and have spent hours scrolling through Petfinder, getting a dog seemed to happen so quickly. We went to …
Scarcity Mindset Vs. Abundance Mindset
This image that I drew was inspired by the artwork: “An angel holding a cornucopia” By David Ellinger 1988 This dichotomy of scarcity and abundance, has been on my mind for awhile now. I know that I tend to have an ingrained scarcity mindset, which …