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in these pics from the realtor….even in them,  the BlueSpirits…..

 

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Again.  realtors pics taken of the very small cleared spaces of this a little over 5 acres of the foothills.  Most of the space is close to impenetrable with brambles,  bushes,  brush,  small trees.  It's never known human beings before.  or,  at least not the kind who lay claim.  Which they DID,  last eve,  daughter and granddaughter and this morning the signatures were exchanged.  It's for real.  Today granddaughter negotiated for a manufactured home which they are called now,  no more "trailers"  but manufactured homes.  That remains in question.  But if that one doesn't work,  there are some "workers homes" on Craigs List.  These are those same manufactured homes but were used for field workers.  Everything normal in them except the bathrooms.  The bathrooms have more than one toilet and no tubs,  only shower stalls.  more than one sink.  This to acommodate multiple persons in one living space.  Like a lot of California is,  it's farm land.  Around here it's Olive Groves.  If you read the labels ,  your olive oil very well may come from there.  But we are hoping for the Blue House.  We'll see.

so up at the top of the hill,  daughter and her man will build their tiny home (or not so tiny).  Hill House.  and then,  Alyssia and the kids in some kind of manufactured home at the bottom,  near the road.  the Blue House.  and then the Goats Houses will be arranged.  and then 

and then,  the Baba Yaga House for the Old Nana,  who would be me,

 somewhere in those brambles and bushes.  A one room affair with a porch/deck.  Plain.  as far into the brambles as is practical.  That all remains to be seen.  The Land,  as it is right now,  would allow NO VIEW of these three places one to another.  

So.  if it goes how it might,  by August.  When Emry (subject to change) is born.  All might be in Place.

spiraling small care FULL paths on that Hill,  foot and hoof paths,  we will go slow,  making these,  following a design that wants to be followed,  letting the Land there know our smell.  

i woke this morning feeling like the whole center of me had cracked WIDE OPEN and extended far beyond the edges of my physical form.  

 

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i baked a Celebration Pie.  I think it's PERFECT.  haven't tried it yet.  Would rather drink some wine.

How so Totally Amazing Life IS.

 

 

 

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59 responses to “We DID it!”

  1. Kirsten Avatar
    Kirsten

    Writing from over a foot of snow today and now a blustery cold wind, I am so happy to see you all have found what seems to be a very magical place. The universe heard the whisper and answered.
    The rest while not easy work to pack, to give away, to leave behind will be hard but joyous work.

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  2. Irene Avatar
    Irene

    Congratulations…so happy for you.
    The Baba Yaga house…love it!

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  3. grace Avatar

    they looked and looked and looked at land. There, in the foothills, it’s easy to see…when the tree line change from mountain oak to pine…Snow. It’s a magical line. the snow line. and that was one of daughter’s needs, we all had ours, all were considered, but the daughter’s…No Snow. In moments there, you can GO to SNOW. But to Live in it?
    the work of Going will just go. I have worked at all of this inside myself for a long time. Originally the plan was when i couldn’t live here anymore, they would come for me. Then, as it became a possibility of Creating Something it began to shift.
    and now…really, interestingly enough, with the advent of
    Emry, suddenly everything makes so much SENSE. They will be Creating their lives, now and into the future, even tho the future is Unknown. But with what is known in this moment, they will begin to Create. This is what i LOVE in this moment…the Creating of a world within this world. I love this very much. I did that Here and now it’s Their Time. it’s really very Beauty FULL.

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  4. grace Avatar

    yes. the Baba Yaga house….i get a really eeeeeeee grin
    at the thought of that.
    That’s what i love about my children…they already Know me.
    No surprises. so we’ll see what we come up with. Still, i am
    hoping for a Pallet Home like the refugees in Bosnia. But i’ll
    be ok with what’s easy. But in the bushes. I want to be in the bushes.

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  5. Deb G Avatar

    Oh this is wonderful! I can see this….

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  6. Patriciaspangler47@gmail.com Avatar

    There’s a nice feel to this place already. A really good, welcoming feel. As though the earth’s arms are open wide for Baba Yaga and troupe. I’m over the moon happy for all of you. And for Cowboy.

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  7. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    It is done, the hill is a reality, the trees, the winding brambly paths all leading to life coming full circle; leading to new beginnings based on the old understanding of the land speaking and what will come from the united conversations. You showed the way so long ago in New Mexico and now it continues into the next generation in CA. There is such a deep feeling of love to know that you will be there, in your Baba Yaga hut, the wisdom of you to guide when needed, if needed. Sending deep joy to all of you.

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  8. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    SO BIG I’m gonna just think about it. Meanwhile I’m happy for you.

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  9. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    GRACE!!! what a JOYOUS time for you and your Family!! Lots of GOOD wishes to you all. I guess you will all be jumping out of your skins with anticipation! Your pie looks scrumptious, as does your basket in the background!…..oxox

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  10. grace Avatar

    that basket in the back ground….the SEED basket. holds
    Seeds.

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  11. Liz A Avatar

    We raised a rare late night glass of wine to you and yours … and to all that lies ahead

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  12. Mo Crow Avatar

    Congratulations!

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  13. julie Avatar

    I am also so very excited ’cause you know how I feel about field trips. I am especially pleased that you get to Go, not get Taken when you arent able to manage. Love.

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  14. elizabeth Avatar
    elizabeth

    So very happy for you, Grace!

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  15. ali Avatar
    ali

    Oh Grace, such wonderful plans and dreams and now becoming reality, and a new baby to share it. I’m so happy for you all, and so excited to be able to follow your journey.

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  16. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    Oh ..i know the smells of that place..so different from new mexico ..and vermont..first home smells…i woke up with moonlight on the fresh snow..-6 and opened windthread…to see the sunlight and BlueSpirits lighting my room..oh congratulations..to Go on a new adventure..how time will now take on a new life of its own…and how many of us will follow..i am enjoying imagining you venturing forth with this wondering invisible tribe trailing ..surrounding you..oh Baba Yaga..
    gentle day grace…a joy- full one of many

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  17. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    ps..will curl up in the window for sunrise happily thinking of a house on chicken legs with Baba Yaha..happily on her porch/deck eating her pie…drinking her wine..fascinated by the smaii beings in bushes..listening for the foot steps of loved ones on new paths…

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  18. Liz A Avatar

    I can see it …

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  19. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Woohoo … it is happening! Grace that pie it looks so so good … I am sitting here imagining you passing on your way of baking and cooking to the next generation. Have a wonderful day imagining it all.

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  20. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Grace would you … could you share your piece recipy?

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  21. tracy Avatar
    tracy

    This is huge. I’m very happy for you. All the new plants and animals to meet, maybe new rocks too. Same stars. That’s always reassuring. Surely there will be lizards there. You guys will dig in, the kids will run and play, wildly. New wild places to explore and cultivate. I’m jealous. I don’t know where this is exactly, but it’s all very beautiful there. The light is different.

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  22. jude Avatar

    high pitched eeeeeeee

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  23. Angie Avatar

    What a grand adventure you all are embarking on, Grace!! And I will definitely ‘trail’ along with you as you make new ‘paths’. Hugs of delight to you! I agree with Julie—so happy you are able to choose to GO, Not be taken. 🙂

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  24. beth Avatar

    Becoming real.

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  25. saskia Avatar

    congratulations, this is good news!
    pie looks scrumptious
    wonderful wonderful, wonderful…

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  26. Linda Avatar

    great news… and you will be together .. so happy for you.

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  27. ² Avatar
    ²

    a new episode is started , new energy ; experiences in a different way look after the corner , look forward too
    lots of wisdom and luck may follow your steps
    love for the new place is in the air
    greets to you al

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  28. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Yippeeee for you and yours A pallet house with a porch and brambles SoDreamy

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  29. Dakotah Avatar

    So glad to hear things are moving for you…thrilled for you and this new adventure…of establishing place. How wonderful, too, for it to be a family venture.
    I need to get things moving here…one step at a time…

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  30. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    I took a class on permaculture and those paths you are going to follow–the ones already there in Nature-well, that is so RIGHT. I am here in Maine, in the snow, listening to the trees bend, move and speak. It’s what I love about this hard place (to live). Best wishes.

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  31. yvette Avatar

    wowowow
    all those hoof paths..i can imagine
    a rockingchair on the porch too Grace…yesyesyes
    sososo happy for you
    happy things happening

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  32. Martine Bos Avatar

    Oh Grace i’m so happy, happy for you. Am going to dream of you in your new Baba Yaga home. Girl…………dreams come true……….

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  33. grace Avatar

    it is. it’s hard to believe it’s true

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  34. grace Avatar

    yes. for the Old Cowboy. He would be happy at what
    it has all come to be. He never could have dreamed such
    a thing.
    and funny…i still have his teeth, his slippers and his
    glasses. Couldn’t think of anything to do with them. But
    now i see that i will take them there and “plant” them

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  35. grace Avatar

    i have wanted this SO SO SO MUCH for them and now it’s
    coming true. Was a long wait. They are READY.

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  36. grace Avatar

    me too. just thinking about it

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  37. grace Avatar

    this is good to read. and that it’s rare, even

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  38. grace Avatar

    happy happy crazy happy

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  39. grace Avatar

    yes. that was always the humorous deal, that when someone
    called them to say i was just lying under some weed, they
    would come for me.
    that would be dumb, wouldn’t it.

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  40. grace Avatar

    yup. i’ll take you All along

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  41. grace Avatar

    yes. i am going to where you come from…interesting….

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  42. grace Avatar

    you tell me a Beauty Full story

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  43. grace Avatar

    it’s my mom’s No Fail Pie Crust that is it. and it truly IS
    no fail. I’ll email it to you

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  44. grace Avatar

    it’s just outside of Chico California. Central Northern California. and i am sure of lizards too…i am so excited
    to come to know them. It’s the foothills of the mountains
    so is a world of rock.
    No light will ever be New Mexico light. There it’s much
    lesser elevation. I don’t know what that will feel like, i am
    so used to this

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  45. grace Avatar

    yes…a high pitched trilling

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  46. grace Avatar

    yup. I want to GO and DO.

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  47. grace Avatar

    day by day now

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  48. grace Avatar
  49. grace Avatar

    we will create
    together
    we don’t know what that is

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  50. grace Avatar

    Maria…a new episode..like Star Trek

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  51. grace Avatar

    i do do do dream the pallet house

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  52. grace Avatar

    stuff takes place of its own accord. So much of this
    took its own time, with everyone just waiting, watching
    for it to happen

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  53. grace Avatar

    i am SO SO SO excited about contacting Permaculture people there
    and am going to try to contact someone in the next days there that can go look at the Hill in its current manifestation with all this strange rain.
    I LOVE that you write from Maine, in the snow, listening to
    trees…they do, don’t they, Speak. I will so much miss
    the hardness of this Place here. am thinking a lot about what
    that means to me…the hardness

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  54. grace Avatar

    you will sit with me on that porch

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  55. grace Avatar

    Dream me, Martine, Dream me into it!

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  56. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    Beautiful spot and wonderful news, Grace! So glad things are coming together.

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  57. Wendy@ Late StartStudio Avatar

    And tonight at wine-o’clock I will toast you and your good fortune . . . I will see you in your Baba Yaga House with a smile on your lips and a child in your lap, your stitching laid aside.

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  58. Nancy Avatar

    Reading up and down…back and forth on many missed posts and feeling this change of yours. So very happy for ALL of you! I heard a bit of the damn and the floods from friend in San Jose (I’ll be there in Sept)…glad the hill is far enough and high enough for safety. Such a wonderful string, thread of events. (((sigh))) Love to you Grace.

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