September 1

 A new goal to document my daily life - mostly for myself but perhaps in some small ways my sharing will inspire others.

Online inspiration - Radical Neighboring - What do humans who aren't consumers look like?

Sunflowers in the farmstand.

Granny squares from Nutiden yarn. I love working with this unspun yarn from Sweden. 

Oatmeal raisin cookies.

Bagels made.

Of course more went on - garden work and Mike continues to work on getting a large overhang off our concrete building out back.

Spending: (keeping track because we are starting a budget as of Sept. 1 - goal: $3000/month total spending with $1,000 for food/alcohol/cleaners)

$96.48 - Hannafords

$10.00 of that was a bag of organic potatoes and organic onions - looking forward to having a productive garden next year. We like to buy local produce but we have had a hard time finding produce farmstands around here. The Belfast coop's produce tends to be super expensive - although I do buy as much as possible from there. Looking forward to our town's little monthly farmers' market on Friday where I will be a vendor and make purchases from the other vendors.

Warm wishes,

Tonya