Stone Hill Homestead

A Return

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A Return

So much happy has been happening in our lives and on the farm lately that it’s time to start writing it down.

The kids are growing up.

There are more animals on the farm.

The flowers have only stopped blooming for winter. There have always been flowers and always shall be. Yet, even in the flower gardens, the varieties are expanding. I’ve had fun with some new stuff.

And Dru and I are older and wiser—feeling every one of our years.

Mostly, I’m writing it down for myself. A place to rant about all the pieces of my life. Our lives.

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7/29/26

The confusion on the homestead concerning the ban on fairy flight has finally been cleared up. Something happened here on the farm on the day of summer solstice. I was not home that day as we were off to Cheney Lake that day with family, so I have had to glean my information from a…

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7/20/26

“What do the fairies use fairy dust for anyway?” I asked the Night Gardener the other night. “It is used to dust anything about to ripen. All summer the fairies add color and sweetness to the fruits and vegetables. Stuff can ripen without but not as well or quickly. Sometimes it can be used to…

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A Beautiful Evening

Having the house for sale this summer has me counting the lasts. Noticing things and taking notes on how I did things and if I’d do it that way again. People should see my house in the golden hour. Or dusk. Anyway, interested parties trickle through. It’s beautiful but still a lot of work. But…

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Hello,

I’m Lisl

Herein lie the events, ponderings, people, and animals that make up the cacophony of our life.

Pictures of farm and family

Just my cows in the golden hour. This is my house. And so is that. Apparently we're the ones responsible for fixing it. Plan B is to possibly hang on to it and rent it out. Whatever happens, this mess has to be cleaned up. Working with old logs is not for the faint of heart. There were some interesting decisions made regarding this house over the years. I feel like the half log siding over top of the logs contributed to some of our current issues. I posted a few words on the blog yesterday. Two posts actually. Look for posts with a title for our real life. Posts with just a date for a title are our fun pish-posh. Havilah has been helping with the story line and images. There are strange things happening over on the blog. It's such a strange summer. Closing a chapter of our lives. Wondering what living gracefully between chapters means. One moment feeling excitement for the next thing, another moment grieving what has come to a close. A quick photo dump of our lives yesterday. Church on the patio. Here we are waiting for the livestream to start. We got to church and it was so packed out that we left, opting to watch church with my dad who was home with a bad ear infection, rather than watch church on a screen in an overflow area at church. Then we stayed for lunch and the guys played Monopoly. There. I took pictures today. Bag balm and the moth. The only picture I took today. I'm struggling to make the pictures happen and it bothers me. One never knows where they will find their teenager.