Valentine's Day truce
Anna and I came to a
Valentine's Day agreement when we started dating.
That first year I asked
"Which would you prefer, a heart shaped box of chocolate, a dozen
roses, or a nice dinner somewhere semi-fancy?"
She thought about it a bit
and said "A heart shaped box implies chocolate should only be for
special occasions, and I need chocolate almost every day. I cringe at
cut flowers and prefer to enjoy them in the ground, and dinner out on a
holiday sounds too crowded for my comfort level."
I was more than relieved to
hear such a practical answer. We decided to start skipping the holiday
and agreed that every day felt like Valentine's Day when you live in
paradise with someone you love.
We managed to haul in another
golf cart load of straw this morning before the ground thawed out.
Turns out you can squeeze on 7 bales if you ratchet strap one to the
back like in the photo above.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Very profound (and smart)!
~ Mitsy
Barb --- Very well said!
MamaHomesteader --- Glad to see another homesteader who feels the same way.
Sara --- Mark and I were just talking about how tricky Valentine's Day is with kids. The way elementary schools have kids celebrate the holiday is painful, at least in our memories.