nd the sun was shining bright all day long, but it was incredibly windy. My favorite type of day. We had a late start around 11 am when Franco and Aidan helped us chop wood. What power and strength those two have. We could not have chopped the wood nearly as fast as they did with our puny muscles. The wood was then put in a wheelbarrow and brought it back to the camp site. Sad news at the Channing house: the tomatoes got blight and half the vineyard didn't grow grapes. This weighed down heavily on all of us. The rest of the afternoon was very relaxed as we swam, looked over fishing maps, gathered crops, and did not housekeeping and furnishing.
Dinnertime! What a delicious meal. We had quinoa, zucchini, tomatoes, mushrooms, and eggs. We made a stir fry with garlic and mushrooms then sauteed the zucchini and tomatoes into it as the quinoa boiled. For dessert we had six sunny side up eggs. Best part, we had left overs! We had plenty to eat and even with an extra person we were stuffed. This was a lot more assuring and satisfying than our first attempt of living off the land. Nighttime came and guess what... we had LIGHT! I brought over two candles in glass jars for the tent. One candle was able to light the entire tent and the other I put on the dinner table.
After dinner a couple of my best friends came over and we did some stargazing with my new telescope. Everything about the atmosphere we are living in makes me feel 100% happy. The utmost joy is knowing that I am being one with the earth. At this pace, I hope this will go on longer than a month, at least for me. I have never been this peaceful and calm for this long. I've grow very close to my chickens. They follow me everywhere and no longer run away when I come near them. Watching them crowd around me like those deer and bird scenes in Snow White really reassure me that animals are my calling. I don't want to jinx anything, but so far everything has been perfect and gone very smoothly.
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