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It's been a while! I needn't tell anyone this has been a crazy year (I think everyone is going to remember 2020), but besides the craziness of the world beyond, it has personally been a crazy year for other reasons. Namely, the Maine farm mentioned HERE and HERE  is now finally ours. It's been nearly a year long process and gut-wrenching to say the least. We visited the property last week, and it is in need of much work - it is currently nearly gutted. So we'll be in Florida a while longer while we work on that. It's going to be a slow transition, but we consider ourselves very lucky! Actually, we're very lucky for many reasons looking back over the general tumult of the year.... The lizards above - green anole pencil drawings and their inked counterparts on watercolor paper - are all part of a little project I'm working on. I will update this post as I complete more of it.

The truck stop behind our hotel room after a few hours of snow. We were starting to get worried that the auction would be canceled. (Same view just as it started snowing) And...it wasn't cancelled, but we didn't get the farm. The bank bid was too high. We're bummed, but we still have one more chance at it before all is lost.

Maine farm in October 2019 My hub's grandpa's farm in ME is going to auction on Tuesday. We're going to fly up there on Monday and bid on it. It's beautiful there, and if we get it, it's going to be a major life-changing event! I've lived in FL most of my life - you know, minor climate differences... I think I'm ready for the change though. Even if we don't get this farm, we're looking at other possibilities in the area. I've missed my tiny home in the country since I left and can't wait to return to a rural life. The farm house was originally built in the 1850s and was "updated" in the 60s...probably gonna need some work. I tried to convince my hubs, ghost enthusiast that he is, that being from the 1850s, the house was probably haunted, but he didn't believe me! :P (I was so credible...)