New life, new blog

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My life looks completely different today than it did six months ago. Life has a way of doing that to us sometimes, doesn't it? I went back and forth with what to do this blog, considering the turn in my life. And I finally decided to start blogging on a regular basis again. Even though my life isn't currently all about homesteading, that is still my ultimate goal. So I will continue my blog with the same look, the same categories and the same viewpoints on God, politics and life in general.

But some things have changed. Perhaps the biggest change is the name. The blog name and the domain have changed. Our homestead, “Victoria Hill Farm,” no longer exists, and so the name no longer seemed appropriate. Instead, I have decided the name should reflect how I intend to live my life – contented.

If you read my sidebar, you will discover a little more about why I choose this particular title. Inspired by the fourth chapter of Philippians, I have made a decision – a choice – to be content with what God has given me.

I’m not yet sure how the content of the blog may change, or if it even will. I will be starting from scratch to build a new homestead from the ground up, and I hope you continue to support me during this time of rebuilding in my life.

If you currently follow the “Victoria Hill Farm” blog through an e-mail subscription or a blog reader, you will need to subscribe to the new feed. Just check the upper right sidebar to subscribe. I currently have the old blog set to redirect to the new domain but it won’t remain that way forever. Be sure to shoot me an e-mail and let me if any of the links don’t work or if anything else is wrong with the new blog. I appreciate all my readers, and feel like I have made a lot of friends in the “bloggy world” since I started blogging in 2007. I hope you’ll continue with me!




Monday, May 25, 2009

My new clothesline!


For Mother's Day this year, I got some homemade cards and a DVD. And Hubby promised he would finally put up the clothesline I have been wanting for the last two years! He had time to get the clothesline put up last Thursday - and it's been raining ever since.... sigh.



It's supposed to rain for the entire week, so it will be a few days before I get to try it out. We have a dryer, but I wanted a clothesline to save energy and money on our power bill. And, although I can't honestly say I've tried it yet, doesn't it seem like it would just be so calming to be outside hanging sheets on a sunny day?



Adam, 6, said the clothesline posts looked like a cross, and he was right. But the only thing hanging on these will be clothes and linens!



The clothesline took up the last bit of yard we had left. The space in the photo below was the only area that hadn't been taken over by gardens or chickens coops. You can see that we even put some beds along the fence line to hold strawberries, tomatoes and cucumbers. One day soon I'll give you a tour of the entire yard and everything it holds.


I did have a question for those of you with clotheslines. Hubby and I both suffer from allergies, and he asked a good question. When we hang our clothes on the line, will they get covered with a fine layer of yellow pollen like the cars do?

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