Verbena Farm

  Years of dreaming, mind wondering, wishing and mostly praying.....here we are. Hitting the ground running, we have made a start. I have a purpose, this farm has a purpose....everything we've worked so hard for, actually had a purpose this whole time. Funny how life is. I walk around here every morning in total shock....I thank the Lord each day for the blessings he has given us, it is beyond clear that all this, is his doing.  The endless nights around the kitchen table. Does everyone have a table like this? Does everyone have neighbors like ours? I feel like it must be so. A dozen or so people, each night, gathered around this table is where all the these dreams started...and slowly became a reality. Our friends and family sat here at this exact table I am sitting at now and listened to me ramble about this farm I wanted to create, a place of welcome.....and here we are. Amazing. I am so excited to share this whole journey with anyone who wants to come along. I have lots of drea

        Sometimes life just amazes me. No, wait.....the role that God has taken in my life amazes me. Just when you think you have it all figured out, you realize.....your on the wrong track. Time out, regroup and start something new. This happens to me all the time. So much in fact, that I have just thrown my hands up in the air and said " whatever you want God" . This has created such a freedom in my life....more so inside my head than anything else, out the window are my fears, and stresses and worries. I wake up each day, and watch what God has planned for me that day. I sound like one of those woman that show up at your front door with a bible and a piece of paper to explain to you how to get Heaven....lol. I am not that lady. I am just in shock still I guess. This feeling......that I have heard about my whole life.....is actually real .      As summer creeps in and winter walks away, I see how beautiful this earth is. Everything is so green, the flowers are coming up al

       Its Saturday evening. The sun is setting as the snow clouds start to roll in. A winter storm is on the horizon, and I couldn't be more excited to spend my day tomorrow sitting by the fire watching the snow fall. I have come to realize that I am like no one I know. ...other than my mother. She always tells me" it's the Bolitho in me." The Bolitho clan is originally from England. This is my mothers side of our family. Her and her sister and two brothers are without a doubt like no other people I have ever met in my life. If you can picture....Off grid Alaska people, with a splash of Hilton Head style and  Old English manners. That's the best I can do to describe them all. My Uncles will live weeks in the woods, in a tent, or in the backseat of their trucks, under a tree or even in a tree for that matter. Rough and Tough without any question. Their voices are deep and masculine and full of wisdom. Yet, they create the most beautiful things.  Their homes, built

Good Morning from Opie and Finn My sweet little chicken coop          Good Morning all. We awake today to fresh blanket of snow. Obviously this is beyond joyous to me. Nothing better than a fresh snow to start the day. I am so thankful for this beautiful day. I have a huge pile of work to manage through today, along with a huge pile of laundry..... I plan on working by the fire for the day, with some sort of stew on the stove. Sounds like a picture perfect day right? Don't be fooled.....Its only 9:30am.....my plans will be crushed I am sure shortly. I often wonder what life is like for those that can snuggle on the couch and binge watch Netflix all day.....like, do they not have house work to do? no cooking to be done? no chores that have to be done or else an animal will die? I cant understand that life. My life never stops...there is never time to do any mindless activity for a whole day. I cant say that I feel like I am missing out on anything.....My life brings me so much joy..

Frankie trying to make his way to me through the snow.         Winter in Ohio. It comes in like a lion....lasts a few days.... then warms up just enough to create a massive about of mud and yuck. Wait a few days, and it will become frozen mud with sheets of ice. Maybe some snow....then it starts the cycle all over again. This first snow storm we had dropped about a foot of snow on us. It was amazing! Snow is magical. It creates the most beautiful scenery. The calmness that it causes in nature here after a good snow is like God presses the pause button and everything stands still. Just for a little while. Soon after, the thaw comes and mud is back.      Yesterday it went from 45 degrees to 25 degrees in a matter of hours. Rain to snow right before our eyes. Now, some find this to be nasty and annoying. I think its magical. The seasons and the weather is a remarkable assurance that we as humans have very little control of what's happening around us. Even with all the technology and b

           What a crap shoot.  seriously. I don't care who you voted for. I don't care who you support...No matter what side your on, this is terrible. Here is what I have to say..                    Habakkuk said " Lord please tell me what you're doing" and God said, " No, I'm not going to tell you. Because if I told you what I was doing you wouldn't believe it"                        If God today told us what He's doing in the world , we wouldn't believe it. Don't you think God's given up, and Gods abdicated, and Gods left his throne. .... Well, He hasn't.  He's still on the throne. And those of us that know Him put our trust in Him and Him alone. I don't put my trust in Washington, or the United Nations, or the Presidents or even money. I put my trust in God himself. We all need to put our trust in Lord Jesus Christ.  When all the rest of it fails, and crumbles and shatters down....He will still be there.  I have ba