
Hi, I’m LL. Previously a wilderness guide, cattle-hauler, and construction worker (to name a few), now I’m a full-time mother and freelance writer. I spend most of my time with my kids and husband tending our home-grown lifestyle.

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Strawberry Season
It’s been a great strawberry season. We transplanted the runners to a new patch, because the old strawberry patch was supposed to die. It didn’t. So now we have two strawberry patches. It requires 4 people picking for 1 hour every other day to keep up with. That’s a good problem! These are ever-bearing plants […]

Little Leads Big
Our little boy leads the big draft horse in from pasture. No need to fear. Though he is huge, the draft horse has better and gentler manners than the small pony.

All the Pretty Shades of Brown
pretty shades of brown sand and creek and pebbles ’round simple beauty brown