Hi! I live in a small New England town in an old farmhouse on an acre of land. I grow vegetables,flowers, fruits and herbs, all organically. I have 3 wonderful daughters. For 9 years I had a little gift shop where I sold herbal soaps, creams, balms and a lot more that I made myself. I used the purest ingredients I could find. A lot of them, I grew here. I studied art for a few years and that came in real handy when it came time to design the labels and figure out the packaging. It comes in handy here too because all the photos, (except the books featured), are my own. My home and gardens I try to make a clean, beautiful, healthy haven for myself and all the creatures that share it with me. I make whatever I can, as naturally and as beautifully as I can. I reuse, refurbish, cook, tincture, culture, paint and sew!
handmade. homegrown. beautiful life 
This is awesome !!!!
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Thanks!
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I love this! This is so you! Thanks for sharing- I will continue to read!!
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Lovely blog – we look forward to reading your updates! AoF
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Thank you! I am looking forward to your new posts as well:)
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Cynthia, very beautiful garden! I love that you studied art.
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Thank you Hollis! I just viewed your gravatar profile and I see that you are a very talented and successful artist. How exciting that you are “living the dream”! I do love to see that! I love your glasses too, lol. Great look:}
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Thank you, Cynthia. I love these glasses too. Lace. I hear now, they make them in black lace. (which would have been fun). To me, YOU are living the dream!
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Lol! We are both living the dream!
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Love your blog! I think it is wonderful that you can grow organically, and eat what you grow! There is nothing better than eating what you cared for with love.You are definitely being the change you want to see!
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Thank you! Love yours too! I’ve been wanting to make my own cheese. That photo of bread cheese you posted and your pictures and descriptions of food I’ve never seen before are motivating me to branch out!
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That is awesome! Do you also have cows? Have you tried making “Queso Fresco” or “Queso Blanco” yet? It is really easy to make, you only need milk,salt, and some acid like vinegar, or lemon/lime.
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I don’t have cows but raw milk is sold down the street from me. That sounds like the perfect cheese to start with. Winter project!
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So lovely – thanks for checking out my blog!
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Thank you! Gotta try that noodle kugel:)
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Thank you for dropping by my blog!
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My pleasure!
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Cynthia
Love your blog and I see you use wordpress with the them of hemingway rewritten. How do you like it??
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Thanks. I like it but I have to admit that I am very new to this and not very tech savvy. Easy to navigate now, not so in the beginning! I still have a lot to learn.
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Good to read your About and your interest in Nature. I too have small garden where I grow herbs. Regards.
http://jugnoofarms.wordpress.com/
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Thanks. It’s nice to know that you have a garden.
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Thank you for following my blog.
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My pleasure! Looking forward to your posts!
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Thank you for checking out my blog http://www.FindYourMiddleGround.com Cynthia! I look forward to cross pollenating 🙂
Val x
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Lol! Me too
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I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. I picked you because I very much enjoy your blog and wanted to share it with others. Here is the link to the info for accepting the award: http://nepermhome.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/versatile-blogger-award-2/
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Thanks! That is really nice! This is all new to me but I will check it out:)
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Hello!! thanks for visiting with me and I can say Iove your blog very much 🙂
we are on the same page when it comes to recycling and gardening, I must admit I don’t have much planted but maybe some day? 🙂
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Thank you! I love your blog too. I was attracted to it because of all the pretty colors. I’m always fiddling with all different kinds of projects, crocheting being one of them but not at your level, lol! Maybe some day…
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🙂 hope to see you on one of our “trips” lol 🙂
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You will! What a fun idea that is:).
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Love your blog! Thanks for visiting mine! We have so much in common it’s scary. LOL!
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You’re doing so many things that I would like to do! I love reading about your projects and how you write makes it even better. I’ve been thinking about angora rabbits, lol!
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Your place looks beautiful. So idyllic!
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Thank you! What you are doing is a wonderful dream of mine
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Beautiful Cynthia. thank you for living so cleanly and beautifully, and for sharing your experience
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Your lifestyle choices are amazing and inspirational. People that are striving to be good stewards of this earth and each other can learn so much from you.
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what a lovely blog you have, Cynthia! I look forward to follow you and enjoy more. I have seen alot of good things and I feel inspired! Love form Ohio, Johanna
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Thank you for choosing to follow my blog. Blessings, Natalie 🙂
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My pleasure!! It is very uplifting:)
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I hope you don’t mind but I nominated you for the Premio Dardos Award, it’s sitting on my blog just waiting for you 🙂
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That is so nice! Thank you very much!
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So lovely to meet you Cynthia. Thanks for dropping by my place. I’m excited to follow your journey!
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You too, Louise! I feel the same..some exciting events happenning with you!
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I can definitely relate to your way of life! I live on 4 acres in rural Arizona, have lots of gardens (organic, of course), love plants and animals, recycle, reuse, and repurpose everything possible, and make everything I can myself. I’m sure I’ll enjoy reading your blog!
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That’s great! I thought we had a lot in common when I came across your blog. I read how you were so excited to have a long growing season… I can so relate to that too! How fun!
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I love the life you live and I find your blog very interesting. I’m so happy I found you! Now you have a new follower! 🙂
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I have returned to your beautiful photos a few times..vicariously soaking up that Florida sunshine! I am happy to have found you too!
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Such a beautiful site your blog is, Cynthia! And love, love, love your garden and table cloths!
Rhonda
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Thanks so much Rhonda!
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Wow! Your garden is my dream! I have a small garden right now, but I hope to have a much larger one in the future.
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Thanks! I started out small too and I loved those gardens as much as I love these. Doesn’t matter really, what they look like or anything.. as long as you love it
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Well, this is just gorgeous – your garden, your blog, your life. Thanks for finding me and my blog – I’m certainly going to enjoy following you and yours!
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Thank you! I very much enjoy yours!
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Thanks for the follow!
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You are living the dream! (And I know it’s hard work!) Bravo!
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Thank! A lot of it is and sometimes I think of how much easier it would be if I just did things “like everybody else”. But, that isn’t my nature and I love doing and making things myself. Its gratifying and kind of empowering in a strange way, lol. Also, it makes me sleep good at night
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Cynthia, thanks for dropping by Willow House Chronicles! I have three daughters too, and our first grandchild, a little girl Coralie Robin, arrived last November. Very exciting to hold that first grandchild, isn’t it? Sheri
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Congratulations, Sheri! I was so happy when I heard we were having another little girl in the family. I’m sure you were too. There has been such a rush of so many emotions since this little one has been born. Very exciting!
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Cynthia,
I’m sure you don’t remember me but it looks like both of us quit blogging years ago. I just wanted to tell you that I search and searched to try and find you because I never forgot your artwork. And, then I found it today. I think your artwork is really charming. It is easy to see that you are professionally trained. I don’t really have anything exciting to say, I just wanted to tell you that all these years later I remembered you.
Ginene Nagel
Fox and Finch Antiques
Richmond IL
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