LOHAS anyone?

Ever since we have moved our life has both been spinning out of pace as well as slowing down extremely. Sharing time with each other, sharing experiences has become as important as having a minute or two to oneself.

Our chicks are busy with producing eggs we cannot by all possible means eat all, so I share them with friends I have made here in the village. It's a good feeling to share something that is organic, healthy and brings fun to ppl. OMG! You got green eggs!!! is an often heard outburst among our neighbours who get eggs. We even shared our cherries with a family down the road. Next thing up will be the apples that are growing their red cheeked splendour on heavy twigs in our garden.

I have been working on a special brochure for the village country fair and while doing so, I have found quite some nice ppl that quickly become part of our lives. I hope that with sharing experiences in life and eggs (lol) we will become an ever tightly knit community of ppl here who work towards a better life in this village.

All of us are in their thirties to late forties and it seems that somehow we all reach for the same goal - it gives me a sense of accomplishment that I didn't have in a long time.

Nurse Careto, come to ER please :)

One of our Beijing ducks is sick (she was running a fever) and has its sick bay in our living room with daily outings into our walled yard.






Ducky is getting better ... no high temperature today.

It's cherry time

photo taken by me at noon today

I think I'll give those cherries another day or two of summer sunshine and then they will turn into delicious tarts and cakes. They are absolutely sweet and delicious and nothing beats the taste of a still warm from sunshine cherry.
Still considering buying one of those juicers but then again that juice won't last the winter ... is there a thing like cherry syrup? Have to hunt down the internets for something like it.

WOAH! HOLY! CRAZY! BATMAN!

We had the most amazing (and scary) light show and weather conditions just now. It is still grumbling in the distance and life continues as it was, but not five minutes ago, we had armageddon and doomsday rolled into one.
We had a wonderful orange tinted sunset when those pesky grey-black clouds rolled in, almost like Sauron advancing with his black forces onto the White City. First it only rained slightly while lightning bolts and thunder ws right on top of us and then ... and then the hail started coming in .. WOAH MOMMA!!!! It's white out there, everything is covered in hail drops and it crunches under my boots.
But everyone is safe and sound - while a little bit scared (Chandini) - or excited (yours trully and Lulu).

You know you are in desperate need of rain ...

when all radio stations played rain related music all day long while rain was peltering down on the dried out earth. Imagine driving around in the car, singing "Singing in the rain" at the top of your lungs and having the windows down and feeling the rain drops on your skin while coming back from shopping. It was fun, it was wonderful ... it was about time.
We had rain and temperatures dropped from 31°C yesterday to a mere 16°C today. But what a relief it has been. Mother Nature took a huge breath that could almost be heard and now the trees and bushes and grass as well as the crops in the fields are greener and healthier than yesterday. Our ducks went crazy and the white Peking ducks were gallivanting in the pouring rain, flapping their wing, opening their beaks and just being happy. Happy especially about all the little wormy things suddenly vacating their holes in the dirt and chicks and ducks had a feast on those pesky snails.

A week ago we got some new additions for our chicks and ducks ... four white chicks and five Peking ducks (the Donald Duck variety). The ducks are hilarious and now I know why Donald and Daisy walk like they do and are so adorable ;-)

Hello Blue eye (photo by His Hubbiness™)