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March 14, 2018March 15, 2018 leatherboundcait

Basic Water Kefir Brewing

March 3, 2017March 14, 2018 leatherboundcait

Hiya, Cait here. I write about food, herbs, textiles, and homelife. Bedhead is the style of choice around these parts as basically every aspect of our life revolves around getting to bed time alive or wishing my three hooligans would sleep just a little longer. Thanks for reading!
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Off on the next adventure. In reflecting on the last decade of my life I realized that we have been sustained literally by friends and family around us in countless and incalculable ways. Many have noticed a need (or a want) and filled it for us. People are generous, our hearts are full and our debt can only be paid forward. It is by your collective support that we can accomplish much. God is good. #sharegoodness

So in our house we have these terrible single paned aluminum rimmed windows. There is a dead air space between the inner window and the storm window and so we’ve been able to observe spiders in their element in every room in our house. It’s been interesting and terrifying. #thingsillmiss #sortof

Peek a boo 👶🏼

The hardest part of life with three under four. #thefloor I just wear slippers all day now because the mental strain is too much for my feet. And I think I could spend all day sweeping and it would still look like this. . . I don’t share this to complain or for sympathy. Just so I can remember.

I wonder how much more glue I will find before this house is packed up tight... 🤔😂 do you have this much glue?

At first I just wanted to preserve this quote from a well used magnet. But now, in light of our holiday I thought it fitting. Do you know very much about the history of the revolutionary war? I didn’t...only what I could recall from my school days. So i got some books from the library. Did you know there were foot soldiers who fought as young as 9 years old? Did you know that by the time George Washington was sworn in as president he had TWO teeth still in his head? Did you know that the picture everyone knows him by he has cotton stuffed in his mouth to fill out his poor sunken face? He hated that portrait of himself. While he fought during the revolution he was in constant agony from his teeth, he may even have died from a persistent infection in his mouth at 66. I don’t know about you, but learning more about the sacrifices of our people to gain independence from the British and simply establish themselves in a new land bring new life and understanding to my appreciation for the founding fathers. They were not some pompous people who lived in a boring time. They risked everything for the cause of freedom. Now, I don’t know much about the French and Indian war or what life was like for the natives in this critical period of history...but as the quote above suggests—we understand only what we have been taught. And I intend to learn more. . Happy Independence Day my friends! 🇺🇸🇬🇧💙❤️

Sometimes they’re not at each other’s throats 👏🏻👏🏻😅

We took the weekend and went spelunking at Maquoketa caves. There were so many mushrooms! And Luc loved being our adventure explorer leader, she felt so important and grown up. Being in nature always brings so much renewal to my soul. #caves

On life. . Sometimes the lesson that is best learned is from cutting things out of my life. After a couple insane weeks I’ve managed to pull my kefir grains from the brink of death and have decided to let Philippe (my sourdough starter) go. Those pickles though...totally worth the effort. We’re packing up our life again to move back west. Im in denial. If it causes undo stress or it just keeps getting forgotten, I figure other things are more important. And that’s okay. . And by the way, water kefir really love fresh lemons. Hope your Wednesday is refreshing 💫 . #fermentedfood #homelife

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