So many plans....

So many plans....

I am blown away by how much has changed in 5 years here on our property.

• We have planted many varieties of fruit tree's and berry bushes.
• We have built new chicken coops and runs.
• We have built our arbour for our grapes and kiwi vines.
• We have built a raised garden area and fenced it.
• We have planted many flower and vegetable gardens.
• We have installed a new flagstone pathway.
• We have planted some new nitrogen fixing trees, locusts, Kentucky Coffee and Autumn Olive.
• Planted and fenced our bramble patch.
• Added a new fence line and fencing around our yard.
• We have renovated our bathroom, including re-tiling the tub surround.
• We have painted and carpeted.
• We have worked on the barn, inside and out.

We have been so blessed to have been here to see everything grow and change in those years, however I am feeling the pull to another house. You see to be brutally honest it sickens me to be paying a mortgage on this property. The idea when moving here was to be more self sufficient, which we are, but we are also still very dependant on a JOB. Could we do more to pay down the debt faster? Of course we could, but we just don't want to make those sacrifices. We have decided to look at what our dollars will buy us in another province instead. So much to consider, I will do my best to keep you in the loop...

Clearing a space 

This past Fall we began clearing the site for our Trailer to be parked for our future retreat and over night session  guests.

Now I am not a fan of cutting down tree's, but a couple just had to be removed to allow the space for the trailer. You can just see a little peak of the comfy 31 feet.


We are so excited getting the space cleared, leveled and the trailer in place. While the ground sleeps for the winter I am busily planning, buying, making and organizing all of the "things" we will require in the Spring!

My Hubby and resident handy man is working on the deck design and the refurbish of the inside, as well as the completion of our Bunkie/screen room at the ponds edge. We scored some used decking and materials this past summer which have come in handy for our deck at the Bunkie and we should have enough to complete this project as well. How cool is that?

Of course the new space around the trailer will require a little sprucing up with some lovely gardens etc., but I can grab a few plants while I shop for the trees, berries and herbs for our new garden project and business in development...our Permaculture orchard & garden. More to come on the development of that in the near future. 

Until next time Blessings and awareness,
Wanda

 Breathing new life into my home...

As many of you may have noticed the air in our homes isn`t
as fresh as it was in the spring, summer or fall. This happens every year here in Canada and most of us struggle to get back that which we are missing.

Some of us choose to light candles, others use sprays and I have to admit I do both of those things on occasion, but this year I have done something a little different. This year I have added indoor plants to help clean the air.









After doing a little research I decided that Pathos and the Ivy were two plants I could care for with little effort and they would help to clean the air in our home. Woo Hoo! Done and done right?

Well not quite...

After repotting the plants I had gotten from our local big box store I felt a little... well.. underwhelmed.

Having green living things in the house is great in the winter, but that I found out is only part of what I require from the plants. I WANT COLOUR!!!








So.. I went back out and got me some colour and I love them!

I added the Anthurium to the left and the sweet African Violets above.

I just loved the colour blend on the flower of the Anthurium and I also grabbed a neat blue one. (Sorry no picture)

The Violets take me back to my Grandparents house, to a sun porch full of plants and these flowers. It was something that brought my Grandfather peace, something not easy to come by for him after WWII.

Now in my home these plants bring me joy and they offer a reminder that the circle of life is a delicate thing, not to be ignored or forgotten. We are in the depths of winter now, but spring is only a short time away. That my friends brings a smile to my face because that means I get to start dreaming and creating a new.

May Creation, Blessings and Awareness be yours,
Wanda

It's Fall and I am in a place of transition.

I am changing with the seasons.
This past winter was a time for me to go inside and look at who I am and the influences in my life. A major change came in the passing of my Father. I spent a little time looking at my relationship with him and the lack of relationship before his passing.

You see I made a consious decision to not have my parents in my life because they, in my opinion, were angry, bitter and judgemental with everyone around them. I was brought up with many of the same morals that I am sure you were. Don't cheat, lie, steal, don't do drugs, don't drink to excess, treat other as you would want to be treated, help others, be respectful, etc. However I noticed as I became an adult, my parents started living their lives a little differently than they raised us. I knew when and why the changes began, but I still had a difficult time accepting them. I actually have had a harder time accepting that my parents did not follow the rules that they were so quick to enforce and that the very things we were punished for with what was called a firm hand, somehow didn't matter now that we were adults.

You see I had not been a very obedient child, one might even say I was challenging. I did almost all of those things that I previously mentioned and was usually punished for it. Soap in the mouth for lying, burned finger tips for stealing, a belt, paint stick, etc. for the many other offences, but what hurt the most was losing my Dads trust and respect for the offence of having sex too young and before marriage. The words he spoke to me when I was pregnant with my oldest son hurt more than any beating I ever received from him. "You are like a cat in heat.", those words etched into my brain. All I could think was that is how he saw me and what little value I held in his eyes. To be told in essence that you have little or no value greater than a stray animal is hurtful and degrading to any human being, even more so from a parent to a child.

I tried hard to get past that day and what he said, but as the years went by I realized that words said can't be unsaid. I don't know if my Father ever changed his opinion of me and honestly I wish I could say I didn't care but the truth is I did care. I cared right up until I heard that he was dying of stomach and prostate cancer and that he didn't have long. It was at that point I realized that my father did the best he could with the tools he had and I chose to forgive him for not knowing any better. I went to see him the day before he went into hospice and helped my sister and daughter care for him. I also sat with him in hospice and was there when he died. I wanted him to know that no matter what... He was loved and would be missed.

My Dad was a huge part of why I am who I am today. You see I do my very best each and every day to be the best version of me I can be. I have strong morals and I am a good friend, wife and mother. I continue to learn something everyday and work on healing the wounded child within me. Now, today, I can say I have forgiven him and that I am grateful for all that I learned because of who he was.

My Mother you ask? Well, that is still a work in progress.

How things have changed...

 So much has happened, where to begin?

I have found a new modality, no a way of thinking, a way of living and there is no going back now!

Access Consciousness TM make me shine in a way that I have a hard time explaining. I am a different, happier, more blissful person today and that is due to first having my Bars run and then training to teach this fantastic tool.

Learning a new way of thinking that isn't driven by other people's thoughts, feelings and opinions is a possibility for everyone. It is such a different possibility to live this way.

Access mantra is "All of life comes to me with ease, joy and glory!".
Saying this statement 10 time in the morning and ten times at night can start changes occuring in your life. Try it for a week.

Oh My....Goodbye Summer and Fall too!

Wow...The time seems to have flown by.

We had a long list of  projects too accomplish this summer and I am happy to say we accomplished most of them. We hadn,t planed on doing as much as we did this summer but, our daughter asked if she could have her wedding on our property in August of 2013.

We added a few flower and vegtable gardens, reworked the existing flower beds and added many new fruit tree's. Also stained the decks, painted the barn, added a bunkie with attached screen room and had a ne roof put on the house.
Inside almost every room has been painted. The main bath is being refreshed with new flooring and a toilet.

Almost the end of May....

Well we have been busy this month looking at houses. While some were diamonds in the rough, some were just plain rough. Since we had bought, renovated and sold more than once in the past, our wants and needs were clear. You would think that would make the task of finding our next home easier, well not really. What it in fact did for us was make it perfectly clear that our "perfect" home didn't exist.