farm morning photo: day 1

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It’s September 1st today. Although I’ve already been out at the farm for a month, I feel like today marks the official start to my year at the farm. Chris and Julie get back this month, I move into the motor home this month, and we really get started on brainstorming and realizing our farm dream/ task list this month.

Since today is the day when ‘the purpose’ of all this really begins, I thought I’d start off the ‘unofficial’ official farm day with the first of a year’s worth of morning photos.

I snapped this shot of a corner of my motor home kitchen this morning when I went out to check for leaks after a long night of rain. I found some. Turns out the skylight lets in more than just light. Happy to have this little succulent around though – I love these little plants.

One week till Chris and Julie get back, one week till I move into the motor home. Exciting!

the gift of a truck

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This weekend I received the incredible gift of a truck from my very generous friends Tommi and Cary (and their son Magnus :). I’ve known Tommi and Cary for almost 10 years and so have Chris and Julie here at the farm. Tommi and Cary have actually been helping out here on the property for a number of years already (mostly with interior home renos so far) and were super excited and supportive of the idea of me moving out here. As soon as they read my blog post about needing to buy a truck, they sent me an email that started something like this, “Hi Joc – we read your blog post about needing a truck and well, have we got a deal for you!…”


Cary and Tommi are very generously gifting me their rarely-used truck for the year while I’m on the farm. It helps them out because it frees up space in their one-car garage and it helps me out because it means I don’t have to go out and buy my own truck (I’m not exactly an expert at truck purchasing and whatever I can cut out of my budget is a huge help to me).


I’ll be getting insurance on it this week, but I took it for a little spin around the farm on saturday and it was fun! I’m pretty excited about being a truck girl!

Cary and Tommi and Magnus – I love you all! Thank you SO much for this incredible gift – it’s totally a blessing. Can’t wait to have you back on the farm soon for a big thank you feast! xoxo