When I was in Maine last week a discussion broke out about where I live and how they could not live here. I am tucked in the woods in a neighborhood on a dead end road. It is a 12 mile round trip for groceries. Not many shopping choices etc. Well you get the idea. I have lived in their area that is where we moved from 38 years ago. It is about lifestyle. Just the past 2 weeks we had people tell us how wonderful it is at our house and how lucky we are. At the very end of that dirt road a farm stand has sprung up. They sell their own beef,eggs,and baked goods. A nice addition to our area.I found a recipe for gingerbread for 2 people. Just the perfect size. Let me know if you want the recipe.I keep bread ends and stale pieces in the freezer I put them in the food processor when I have enough and then bake them until dried out in a 200 degree oven. It makes the best bread crumbs.Our weather has been perfect.The mornings crisp and the days up in the 70s.
I am hoping 3rd time is the charm. This is my third time transferring it. No disappearing ink this time. ******
So as you can see my lifestyle is slow and on the homey side. Would I like to be closer to that group? Yes but not enough to give up what I have here.
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
I am hoping 3rd time is the charm. This is my third time transferring it. No disappearing ink this time. 
14 comments:
We are not on a dirt road but like you shopping is a trip north 20 minutes or a trip south 20 minutes or west to VT to a very small grocery store 15 minutes. We have no regrets moving to a slower pace of living at this stage in our lives.
I would love to live where you live! But you're right, it's not for everyone. The farm stand sounds like a great thing.
I'd love the gingerbread recipe!
What a great idea to make bread crumbs that way. I need to start saving my crumbs too.
That's about the distance I travel round trip to do my grocery shopping. I also live in a wooded area and it is also the lifestyle I chose. However, with no partner to help it causes a lot of work on my part to live here. There will be a day when I no longer am able to will have to pay someone to do the work. But for now will do what I can at my own slow pace.
It's wonderful that you can be grateful for the place you live. Have a great week. See you again soon!
Your area sounds wonderful. The great outdoors for miles. Perfect in my book.
I'm surprised that a farm stand in an out-of-the way location with no traffic going by would be able to attract enough people to make it worthwhile. I hope they manage to do well.
We live in semi rural area and I simply love it. The joke around here is we live an hour from the big city life...which is fine by us. We are a Summer quaint little town and live 1 mile from it. Your area with your cape cod house sounds wonderful to me as well. I love the simple life. Janice
Your lifestyle sounds like heaven to me. I don't think farm stands are even legal here. We have farmers markets but they are all price controlled and run by some bureaucratic org. Did'nt used to be that way. i'm ready for a change but that won't happen. Pros & cons everywhere I guess.
You live in an absolutely perfect area, IMHO!
How lucky to have a farm stand nearby. I have to drive at least 15 minutes to find one.
Happy Labor Day ;-)
Growing up in Chicago and then moving to a small town was a culture shock but having lived here now for 48 years I wouldn't trade the country life for anything. We do have more shopping options and grocery stores than you but still not like the city. Your place is lovely and your lifestyle is perfect! I would love the recipe for the gingerbread! Good luck with your stitching. I know it will look great! Have a good Labor Day Cathy
It's s important to live where you love and it's clear you love your space. It is truly home. And homes smell wonderful, so I can imagine that gingerbread smells extra marvelous!
Well, compared to Nod, a 12 mile round trip for groceries would seem like big city living LOL. It's a lifestyle for sure and, for me at this point in my life, a love/hate relationship. Being so far from everything and everyone and being on my own like Saundra, makes things challenging - and lonely...but when I see houses being built a few miles away, I feel like the walls are starting to close in. I've lived in large (very large) cities - but they were only tolerable because they were temporary. Odd, but the younger I was, the more I enjoyed the opportunities the large cities could offer but the older I am, the less I do...yet the less "fit" I am to live a completely isolated life.
Thank you so much for sharing the idea for breadcrumbs! I am going to try it.
I can understand and appreciate that you enjoy where you live as we enjoyed our life in a town in 500 for many years. But, the chores, heat and being further away from any family or good medical facilities, if needed, influenced our decision to relocate. Now, we can walk to everything needed, which is good, but we still miss our former home.
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