As I sit, I’m looking out over the water, watching king fisher birds flap silently from tree to tree. My pond is my sanctuary. This place is my own personal paradise. This is coming from the girl that was afraid of all things creepy crawly when I was younger.

I remember almost having a panic attack when someone opened a door while visiting at a friend’s lake house. I could see the bugs flying in and I just knew it would be the end of me. There was one time, a moth the size of Rhode Island flew at me during a camp fire, I threw an entire glass of red wine on my mom. My poor mom.

Now, I live on five acres with at least one acre being a pond. There are a lot of bugs, but it really isn’t as bad as you would think. The pond itself is a thriving ecosystem with lots of critters eating all the things. Oh my goodness! You should see the teeny tiny frogs hopping all over the place.

We have two docks, a big dock and a little dock. The little dock is where I’m chilling writing now. It sits directly on the water and is the perfect place to soak up some vitamin D. It’s July and hot as all get out, but I couldn’t be happier. Every now and then a fish suffices. Turtles are poking up their heads and frogs are singing away.

Since closing the yarn shop, things have been hard. I kinda went into a depression, for lack of better description. Withdrew from everyone and everything I knew and just focused on finding my own inner peace. This place has definitely made it easier.

There was a summer of bath bombs. Lots and lots and LOTS of bath bombs. The bath bomb obsession lead to a new side hustle I’ll tell you more about later. Then the fall came and we were surrounded in absolute beauty with all the leaves changing. Austin and his girlfriend Rachael, took their senior pictures here with breathtaking results.

We ventured into goats and chickens. The day we got goats was rather exciting, as soon as I get it written out I’ll link it here. We have three goats and two chickens.

Loki, our super spectacular shop dog got a new dog friend, Nala. That’s also another story for another day. Just recently, a cat adopted us. The boys have named the cat Goose. Yes…Goose. It lives on our big dock.

Things have been way different from our previous life in the city. No more HOAs, strategic trash can placements, or keeping up with the Jones. Now it’s about big sun hats, riding lawn mowers, and fishing when the mood hits.

Business wise, with Covid 19 and all the craziness of 2020, things definitely slowed down but seems to be picking back up again. Thankfully! Been living one day at a time and enjoying most of the minutes.

I’ve missed blogging and sharing my creativity with you. I don’t want to say I’m back at it, because every single time I say that life gets in the way. But I want to say I’m trying to be back at it. Hope the last year has found you safe, happy, and healthy.