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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Between the blizzards

January 30, 2015 · by Melanie Wehrwein | in Yurt Living | tagged Blizzard, bone broth, night sledding, sourdough, Yurt | 4 Comments

Earlier this week the blizzard winds whipped snow between cracks of the yurt, snowing down on Caden as he watched the storm through the door window. That was the same chilly storm that had me so layered that the children decided I’d make a good pillow, taking great fun bouncing themselves off of me. Midwinter… […]

Brr

January 9, 2015 · by Melanie Wehrwein | in Yurt Living | tagged cold, ice skating pond, knit leg warmers, knit socks, Taproot gluten-free sourdough, vision board, wood carving, Yurt | 5 Comments

I notice how very warm I am in bed, inside the fabric yurt, even when early January temperatures outside have dipped to -11° F, down to -28° F with windchill.  Until I step out of bed into the 42° F dark morning air.  Brr. These are the times this little yurt has a difficult time […]

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Loading up happy cow manure. Happy, happy dancing me. 🌱🐄🌱#wonderwhatthecowsthink
Common Ground bound! #commongroundfair
The sort of morning where showering under the roof rain runoff was the only thing that made sense. Followed by pulling on all the wooly layers. Blustery! 🌧
Tripped into a flock of turkeys... some followed me home to roost in the pantry for winter. #turkeytail
So at home, at school. 💙🙏
Not the best veggie garden year, but growing the most magical jack-beanstalk-tall broomcorn. And somehow that makes it a sweeping success of a growing season. 🙏@jessica_kerwin_jenkins
Time with my elders. 🌱
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I needed the kiss of pitter-pattering rain on my head, dancing all over me, and perhaps needed the rainbow reminder even more. Rolling layers of stormy darkness, pockets of serene blue, ephemeral ethereal beauty, all one. 🌈 #yurt #yurtlife
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