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The Enchanted Forest - that's what I call my new home on Sand Mountain, Alabama. I tagged it with the name as soon as we drove the U-Haul onto the property in late June, partly to trick my psyche into loving this new, very different locale that I wasn't sure I really wanted. I knew if I told myself often enough that this place was a treasure, I would eventually believe it. It worked. I love my small piece of the planet, and have accepted (almost) everything about it. I wish I'd started this journal the day we arrived - it's too labor-intensive to retrace all the steps that have brought me to this point, so I will begin here and let each day decide what is worthy of documenting. It's self-indulgent, and will surely vacsillate between celebratory and borderline-depressing - but that's what life is. And I find comfort in that cycle. So here goes . . .

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Inside out . . . outside in . . .




So today we're inside, having planned a long-overdue project because we expected a rainy day (it's noon, however, and no rain yet!). We've tackled removing our fireplace mantel, retiling the surround, and re-affixing the mantel properly (which it was NOT originally!) But . . . if we weren't in the middle of this messy project and I could be outside, here's where I'd be!


(Best $29 I EVER spent! This wonderful hammock was the buy of the season at one of my favorite shopping stops - Southeastern Wholesale in Chattanooga)


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