A Well Read Blog. Otherwise known as "Ode to a Neighbour"

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I found out today that at least one person (Hi Taryn!) reads the Blog! Well let me tell you that made me want to Blog more! So here I am...

With an impromptu Blog post with no real aim... just to give my loyal readers (Taryn) something to read.

I'll tell you what today looked like at The Village in the rain.

6:00am Wake up cuddle with all three kids. At heart we know it's "7:00" but it still feels like 6:00 to us.

7:00 am Standard Daddy Pancake Breakfast.

8:00 am (I think I'm making us sound very productive. The truth is it was more like 10:00)

10:00 am A Neighbour calls about moving the chicken coop.

Have I mentioned the coop? SO,.... when we moved here, my husband got right into the farm of things. He and A Neighbour decided they needed to have a mini chicken farm. Over the past couple months they managed- despite having 7 children between them- to build a coop. Only they built it in the barn where they could use power tools. Final location of coop? About 500 meters from where they built it.

10:30 (pooring rain) Operation Move the Coop begins. I know its going comically when I see another Laughing Neighbour racing through the farm with his camera.

10:35 Taryn and Darrel show up. Darrel right away gets whisked away into the coop movement. Taryn comes in. They've come to see what a typical day at the village looks like. They are considering making some serious life changes and we may be one of them.

11:45 We take pity on the poor men, so we whip up a Borcht and fresh bread lunch for them. I now brag about my Farming Neighbours. Almost all the produce in the Borcht is fresh from our farm. While we make and brew we talk about lacto fermenting pickles, and co-parenting, cycling whilst pregnant (her not me!) and other random awesomeness.

12:00 noon. All the while a number of stray children come and go. Some of mine are at This Neighbour's, others belong to That Neighbour. Random Neighbours call to see if I have one of theirs. Its good to have kids that can play. I end up feeding 5 kids- only two are mine. I'm still not sure who fed my son, but he assures me someone did. Thanks to Neighbour Annonymous.

1:30 Bread, Soup and Beer are enjoyed by Some Neighbours while we chat and laugh about what becoming parents did to our realities. More kids come, some go. I'm pretty proud of our parent check in system. I actually always know where mine are, and always call to let other parents know when a new one comes. These are the Sundays I live for. No particular agenda, but a whole lot of coming and going. If you've had enough, you just put a note on the door.

3:30 Taryn and Darrel head home (sad!) and Another Neighbour pops by to collect two of his.

4:00 I watch Those Gardening Neighbours in the pouring rain tend to garden spaces.

4:30 (okay it was more like 5:30) After tea and excellent conversation Another Neighbour and two kids leave to meet other off site friends for supper. (Yes. We all have friends outside the Village.)

5:30 We have 1/2 hour to eat before Hubby takes off to go next door for a night of games with Rowdy Neighbours. A regular biweekly event he really enjoys. We make Fancy Omelettes with our Egg Neighbour's Eggs. Off site friend and neighbour.

6:30 Yet-Another-Neighbour pops by. She's been away for a week with her new baby. Boy I missed my Baby Neighbour! How he grew in a week!

7:30 My kids hit the wall. We crawl in bed to read stories. Out the lights go. I begin to write this Blog post. Knock Knock Knock (Yes. We knock before we enter.) Going Shopping Neighbour pops her head in. She's off to superstore and wonders if I need anything. No need to go in for milk tomorrow! Woopee!

9:30 Finishing the Blog post. Thinking about bed. Wondering what I would have done with a Sunday in my old hood. One thing is for sure. None of my Old Neighbours there would have even noticed a chicken coop driving by. Isn't that sad!

Good Night Taryn! And anyone else that reads- go ahead! Let me know you're out there. It makes me feel good! Maybe one day you'll come on out and be my New Neighbour!

Coop moving pictures to come!