vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Homesteading • 2 days agoNew Day - New House!How our world has changed in one day! Last week we began looking more earnestly at our 'financial situation' and to consider asking for help. A couple of days later we…vincentnijman (74)in HiveGarden • 3 days agoWe found our first tartufo/ truffle!I almost forgot to share this, due to some distracting/ exciting days, but a couple of days ago, when we returned from a beautiful late-afternoon walk, Clare spotted something…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Ecency • 4 days agoRE: Ecency waves May 02Working with a super-old cherry tree today, in anticipation of acquiring our nextdoor land and house: pray for our success in raising funds! Feeling more aligned than ever…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Ecency • 4 days agoRE: Ecency waves May 02Another amazingly Blessed day on our #sovereignhomestead !! Working with prayer, generous friends and family, and the good people who are owners of our nextdoor house, to acquire…vincentnijman rebloggedjacobpeacock (74)in Homesteading • 5 days agoAdventures In Homesteading (Day 627-635)Being inconsistent semi-consistently, Yang the rooster falls ill again, Inbound chilly weather & My plants are actually growing!vincentnijman (74)in Homesteading • 6 days agoGetting closer to acquiring more land and a nicer building right next to us...This is a follow up to: a post I shared 4 months ago, where I talked about the building and the plot of land right next to our property being available/ for sale as its…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Ecency • 7 days agoRE: Ecency waves Apr 29This is the first time that I ever saw a yukka plant in bloom - the stack of flowers is rather spectacular! Back in Scotland, it's an indoor plant, and I've never seen a flower…vincentnijman (74)in Homesteading • 7 days agoUnder the weatherYesterday afternoon, Clare and I drove back from our house for sale in the campania region to our land with temporary house-like building and the tent that we sleep in most nights.vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in NeedleWorkMonday • 10 days agoVelvet Super-bag 🥰💝🎨🧵🪡This is the bag that took so very long for me to finish: there is something rather special about a thing that has to be put aside for a good while – for me, it creates a tension…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Homesteading • 8 days agoMAKING HOMESTEADING SUSTAINABLEThe very concept of ‘sustainability’ in homesteading has long been both a means of keeping people off of the land and, for those who are already on it, keeping them striving and…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Homesteading • 15 days agoDay Of Rest (and research and rumination!) 🌧️🌧️🔥Another potent rainy day on our #sovereignhomestead and I wake up from a much-needed nap after a very short night, as @vincentnijman graciously brings me hot soup on the…vincentnijman (74)in Homesteading • 17 days agoFigs, walnuts, olives to cure an energy hangoverYesterday, I felt pretty overwhelmed and, frankly, a bit depressed. I literally struggled to express myself ( both on here and to @clareartista ) and spend most of the time…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in NeedleWorkMonday • 17 days agoNew Clothing Cycle! 🧵🪡🪷❤️🔥Beautiful Needlework Friends! I've been back at the sewing table this week, at last - and have already finished a very nice (in the end, started months ago!) bag…vincentnijman rebloggednamiks (77)in Photography Lovers • 18 days agoOn photography and luckYet again I find myself uploading a few photographs here and just sitting looking at them, incapable of finding some words to say. I guess you could call it writer's block, but…vincentnijman (74)Ranting Off Gridin Rant, Complain, Talk • 20 days agoBack to Camping Life and a functioning smartphoneAfter nine days of inactivity - even the guy of the repair shop in town told me to give up on it and buy a new one - my smartphone started charging again, today. I was so…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Homesteading • 20 days agoFull BloomWe have begun receiving guests on our land; what a different reality it is, bringing others here! ❤️🔥🪷💝 For myself, as a woman, this helps me holistic-ally, to ground myself…vincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Homesteading • 22 days agoWhere Are We?stripping burdock stems, in the rain, hence my burdock leaf hat 🤭 I just finished an online meeting with the Blessings Of Liberti discourse, in the New Earth Sovereignty…vincentnijman (74)Ranting Off Gridin Rant, Complain, Talk • 23 days agoBad Luck or Good Luck?A handful of days ago, Clare noticed that our car was nearing a very special mileage. Then, on a recent drive, when we had just left home, I pointed out to her that we had reached this magical numbervincentnijman rebloggedclareartista (74)in Ecency • last monthRE: Ecency waves Apr 07Inspired by the brilliant @theworldaroundme , dogwood plants on our land, and the Readers Digest book of Handicrafts from 1980 - I'm gathering the materials for my second ever…vincentnijman (74)in HiveGarden • last monthHow five days of rain changed our land majorly over nightAfter having had to deal with extremely wet - several hundreds of milimeters of rain in a handful of a days - and unpleasantly cold Spring weather, the sun has returned to Italy…