Green Hill Farm

Home Is Where the Heart Is

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  I love to travel:  experiencing different cultures, learning interesting things, and making new friends.  However, after being away for awhile, I begin to look forward to spending time at home again.  I long to see our sweet animals, and I miss the routine of Green Hill Farm. Amidst the busyness and stress of our daily lives, the beauty before us is sometimes overlooked. Travel offers a break—it’s fun, it’s stimulating, and it opens our minds to different perspectives.  But, perhaps the loveliest thing about it is its ability to re-focus our eyes, so we may once again, see and appreciate the simple things.  And, feel a deep gratitude and love for home.   Have a wonderful week!  

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Tuesday Tunes: The Glamorous Life?

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This post is dedicated to our beautiful and resilient sheep:  Violet, Hamish, Clover, Rosebud, Fern, Ivy, Heather, Olive, Button, and Daisy. The glamorous life? Not quite. Farm life definitely isn’t glamorous, but that’s okay.  It’s fulfilling.  And, it means everything to us. Farmguy and I enjoy interacting with all of our sentient, intelligent, and sweet animals. We also love that […]

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Tuesday Tunes

What’s Your Inner Smile?

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  A sunny, but breezy, afternoon on the mountain seemed like the perfect time to investigate an old, forsaken orchard by the cottage.  As I walked toward the grove, I noticed heirloom apple as well as pear, peach, and chestnut trees standing in a structured fashion.  The weathered beauties welcomed me into a kind of garden room filled with the […]

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Tuesday Tunes

Tuesday Tunes

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 Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.     “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.  They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:  the last of the human freedoms–to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances….” ~Victor Frankl   “The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.” ~Ferdinand Foch   “Just to be is a blessing.  Just to live is holy.” ~Rabbi Abraham Herschel        

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