Well, it’s almost sunset on a Friday evening and I’m sitting on the front porch sipping a lovely glass of wine thinking about the contrast between 2010 and the history of this area.
My neighbor recently gave me a copy of an 1854 diary of a gold miner who lived very close to “my” land. And here I am typing this entry on a laptop in luxury when once there was someone who followed his dream of making his fortune in an element as elusive as the spring butterflies. History and Nature never fail to amaze me!
I’ve laid out the hen yard this week. The posts are in place & all that remains is the chicken wire and the hens themselves.
The weather forecast is for Spring storms next week and my organic non-GMO seeds arrived in today’s mail. The threat of frost has past so tomorrow will be planting day for carrots, radishes & beets. I’ll get them in the ground so that they can take advantage of the liquid nitrogen from the sky.
I never thought I would be in love with an acre of land but I am at peace with this place.
Millie's Farm 
I’m so happy to hear it!
Hi, Linda,
I enjoyed catching up with the last couple of months’ blogs re your new-found-love of the farm life.
’twill be fun to learn which animals come to join you.
The prep for selling here is slower than I’d anticipated (I’m purging a lot BEFORE I move) but now I’m more realistically looking at listing sometime in May. Haven’t talked to any agents yet. Daffodils, forsythia, rosemary have been blooming abundantly; yes, we had 4″ of snow overnight. 🙂
We’re about to have a road trip with my daughter and two children to Palm Spring in a timeshare exchange during their Spring break. Haven’t been to the desert for a while but do like Joshua Tree Nat’l. Park and exploring river beds that lead to natural oasis.
I’m really really glad to read of your new found contentment.
ls