Walnuts Farm

Well, August weather has finally arrived, and it's HOT. Of course it doesn't help that our air conditioner is a hit or miss. Today it is a miss. The darn thing isn't even in our loft, it is in our neighbors.So, instead of Zach fixing it quickly we have to make phone calls and schedule a time (for our one maintenance man, for 5 old buildings) to show up..... so in the meantime I am sitting here in the dark with the curtains drawn, and occasionally setting a package of frozen peas on my head.

So now that my complaining is out of the way (I fell better) I want to talk about this absolutely amazing farm in the England.  Built in 1800 it is used for a film and photographic shoot location, and I am thinking about moving in...

Here are Nick and Bella, owners of Walnuts Farm

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I could do it...

Zach and I are loving our little loft lifestyle. We love that we don't need much space or many things to make us happy. I love the brick walls and gigantic old windows; the location is fantastic. Sometime we joke that we will just stay here forever, even though we know that one room wouldn't work long-term. 

But after I saw this place I am convinced that if we bought the place above us and did some renovations, the loft lifestyle might actually work for us. This place is pretty much perfect... really though, I don't think I would change a thing...

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Picture Update

Books Reading : "The Silkworm" "Children of God"

Eating: Chili Rellenos

Zach: Project under construction, being a bad-ass

Me: Art, art, and um... art

Dogs: Sleeping on couch, eating treats and giving kisses

Loving: The cool rainy weather; old books from dad; fresh, homegrown produce from the market

Swoon: Spool

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A Place for Me

I am dragging this morning. Trying so very hard to get my creative juices flowing and wishing I had an actual work space. Any of these would do...

I'm home again, after a long, hard month. There is still beauty to be found in sadness; my grandmother's home has always been a place of warmth and happiness. Being there during this hard time made things a little easier to bare.