West of Virginia - East of Home

We made the move - West Virignia is what we now call home.
Moving is a funny thing. It takes a lot of time, money, and old fashioned work to get all of your worldly possessions to your "new house", but when you're there it's a lot like the old house, all the same furniture, same immediate family, same food in the fridge (mostly) and so on. And yet, you feel funny inside, like your brain knows something isn't right but your body just keeps going in normal routine. Some days you feel adventurous - "it's all new!" some days you play Christmas music just to get that good feeling, and other days you forget that life has changed at all and almost make plans to do something that isn't nearby.

Enjoy a few photo adventures of our new farm and meet our new favorite family member - Sycamore Hollow!

Found this fun green table in the barn!

She loves to roam!

Fall Colors!

Our beautiful Sycamores in Sycamore Hollow!

You just can't take too many picture of the barn!

Fun little creek running up our property

First family photoshoot on the farm!

Gathering nature samples!

This place is full of treasures!

It smiles at me every morning!

Have a beautiful week, and maybe you'll see me again this week!

Sarah

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