I’m thankful that there are people who take the time and effort to grow food to sell at the farmer’s market. This makes it much easier for those of us that want good healthy local food and don’t have the space or time to grow it ourselves. I also appreciate that it gives me the opportunity to get involved in my community and to get to know my neighbors.
I’m thankful that I have space for a few homegrown vegetables. I don’t have much space, but things I manage to grow give me a deep sense of satisfaction and freedom. I’m very very thankful for this opportunity.
I’m also thankful for my heritage and the women that came before me who canned and preserved and grew their own food. I’m thankful that they passed these lessons down through the generations and I can help my sister pass them along to her children. I love canning in these jars that my grandmothers used for so many years.
I’m particularly thankful for the changing seasons and the beauty and variety it brings to my life. I really appreciate the ebb and flow of the seasonal changes and I love being in tune with those through gardening and eating seasonally.
When I step out onto my back porch I am thankful that it is trees I see and not skyscrapers…
For muddy little hands that bring me flowers.
Llamas at dusk…
Dancing in the rain!
And I’m even thankful for Camels in the Snow!
At Roberts Roost I’m thankful for…
Hands, they do such amazing things,
And Band-aids to patch up the hands after a project is done (there is always blood…)
- And this slim little box that connects my little farm and my little life to the larger world and to a wonderful community.
What kinds of things are you thankful for?
I’m thankful for a community that helps me feel less isolated in my desires for a more un-normal lifestyle and the ability to see what other un-normal people are doing with their desires.
Wonderful post! So many things to be thankful for, aren’t there
I am thankful for Throwback @ Trappercreek and her willingness to share how she runs her farm to a newbie farmer like me and many others! I am thankful for God and that His love for us will never go away! I am thankful for my wonderful family…I could go on and on…:-)
I’m thankful for my parents, who are just – amazing. I give thanks for them every day of my life, and I don’t know where I would be without them. Everything else, well, I started typing and there are so many things once the brain gets ticking. But to sum it up, I am grateful for this chance at my life, and hope I can do it justice.
What a wonderful post.
I’m thankful that you make the time and effort to share your live with us.
And I’m particulary thankful for this post, stopping the daily rush for a minute or 10 to realize how blessed I really am.
alke