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“We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can’t see the stars at night.” ~ Thomas Berry #permaculture #allurement #stars #milkyway #thomasberry #quotes #inspirationalquotes #slowlife #nicaragua
Found these beautiful large ceramic pots at the Mercado Campesina in town yesterday (C110 each, $4). The organic nursery (vivero) there has some starts and succulents too. They sell bags of compost and a carbon and rice hull (granos y casco de arroz) mixture. I bought both to add to the pots. Temporary home until we can build the garden space. Need to erect a barrier so horses don’t munch on our herbs. I found some old rebar to reuse. #reuse #compost #carbon #herb #herbgarden #zone1 #caterpillar #butterfly #bugs #moth #permaculture #slowlife #nicaragua
Found this cool cat while I was planting my temporary herb containers today. #caterpillar #lavender #herbs #zone1 #permaculture #gardening #slowlife #expatliving #expatlife #newlife #nicaragua #organic #biologico
Last night I dreamt that my dad and I were reviewing a set of plans for some residential development. Something I used to do a lot on city council. Something he did a lot as a developer. I like to think he would listen to my Smart, green development practices. He did wear the crystals I made him. ❤ #loveyou #alternateuniverse #missingyou #daddysgirl
“Right here —your self— is the most accessible whole system that you have. That’s the best way to effect change.” –Trathen Heckman, Founder of Daily Acts. Have you registered your Daily Acts for the challenge? Be counted @dailyacts #communityresiliencechallenge #permaculture #dailyacts #foodforest #sustainability #resilience #resiliencechallenge
Morning grazing. #horses #grazinghorse #grazing #carbonfarming #permaculture #nicalife #nicaragua #expatliving #expatlife
Yay kefir water! Thank goodness for an easy start method that travels well. Haven’t found kefir grains here yet. This product doesn’t make them, so it’s not sustainable. But good for some batches. Need me some grains though. #shoutout to @cultures4health #fermentedfoods #kefir #kefirwater #probiotics #livingfoods #expatlife #expatliving #slowlife #nicalife #nicaragua #permaculture #healthfood #wildfood
Sharing my special lunch treat… Sardines! ???? Ysabella loves them too. ???? #nicalife #slowlife #nicaragua #sardines #lunch #treat #cat #kittylove
Did you taken in the dark sky for Earth Hour? When I first came to Nicaragua I looked out at the night sky, knowing it would be so dark. When I saw the arrangement of constellations I was gobsmacked by how far from home I was. It was an overwhelming wave of experiential distance (about 26 degrees). Since I was a child, I marked the year by the night sky. And when Sirius (the bright Dog Star down a bit from Orion’s belt) appeared it was near my December birthday. Here it’s much higher in the sky, in March!
For a time I couldn’t look. It just made me feel so far from home. But eventually I have worked my way back to stargazing. I was comforted by seeing the Beehive Cluster, Messier 44, right over head (found in the center of Cancer, lower in the sky in US). My own celestial beehive, such a friend to behold. When I was an astronomy lab assistant I held a record for most Messier deep sky objects found in a single night. The Beehive is a favorite.
I’m so grateful to reconnect with the dark sky, the Milky Way is astonishing – so vivid to the naked eye. I just came across an article about how ⅓ of Earth’s population cannot see the Milky Way. That’s 2.5 billion people disconnected from where we were born, our star dust shining within each of us. Please do what you can to prevent light pollution.
My Propolis extract Tincture is 1:9 Propolis to vodka (organic grape alcohol is best). I’m making do with a sugar cane vodka from Nicaragua. Propolis is a gift of the bees ????. Studies show its antiviral, antifungal, antibiotic, antitumor. I take 1 dropper daily. Available at 50% off on our website in the profile for a limited time. #propolis #bees #beekeeping #beegifts #apitherapy #slowlife #permaculture #nicalife #nicaragua #healing #medicinals #tinctures #beelove
