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Ta-da! Water in the bunkhouse kitchen! Out here at the farm, we have slowly started to collect everything that we need to live...
Rhonda Beckman
- Nov 27, 2020
- 12 min
The ABC’s of Savin’ Money…
(so you can live the dream) I am a banker’s daughter. Growing up with a dad in the money industry, I learned a lot of lessons about...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Oct 5, 2020
- 6 min
Halted Happenstance
Brad and I have fallen into a bit of a routine when we get to the farm. We unload everything we brought down to the farm for the week and...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Sep 8, 2020
- 8 min
Bumbling Onward In Tough Times
On August 10th around 9:15 pm, my son, my dog and I hopped into our car and drove up the 105 highway, temporarily blinded by billowing...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Jul 29, 2020
- 13 min
Bushwacker Interior Design
At Raleigh Falls in Ignace, looking for doodads Both Brad and I are really into second hand finds. For me, it is part of my genetic code,...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Jun 25, 2020
- 9 min
Nature Photo Top Tips
Everything is in bloom and the world is blanketed in delightful colour. Mother Nature is a great painter, mainly of landscape realism,...
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Rhonda Beckman
- May 29, 2020
- 11 min
Love and Mud: How to Keep a Relationship Strong on the Homestead
As you may recall from past blogs, Brad and I had been looking for a chunk of homesteading land for a few years before we found what we...
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Rhonda Beckman
- May 4, 2020
- 6 min
Mother Nature: Artist Supremo
In typical early May weather in North West Ontario, one day it is a balmy +20 and the next day the sleet is shooting in my eyes in a...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Apr 15, 2020
- 8 min
Tapping Into Nature Unnaturally: Bringing The Outside In
In today’s blog, learn about finding a variety of ways to access nature, even if you are unable to step foot outdoors. It goes without...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Apr 1, 2020
- 5 min
10 INCREDIBLE WAYS TO USE A TOILET PAPER ROLL TO DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS (AND MAKE SOMETHING FUNKY TOO)
Take me straight to the YouTube version of this blog! Who knew that these little tubes of cardboard could bring so much joy and...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Mar 8, 2020
- 5 min
Plotting Out Your Piece of Paradise in North West Ontario: 10 Ways To Get A Chunk of Property
Sitting by a trickling waterfall that is only a ten minute walk from the house. Over the years, both Brad and I have been asked how we...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Feb 13, 2020
- 11 min
Helpful Hemp Without the High
pain is the enemy I am sitting at home at the moment, leg elevated and ankle submersed in ice. I have had ongoing issues with my ankles...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Feb 2, 2020
- 11 min
Can't See the Forest for the…..You Know the Rest.
In today’s blog, I am going to share with you many entertaining stories about trees. Trees! Trees! Trees! I just want to give you the...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Jan 13, 2020
- 6 min
Town Mouse or a Country Mouse?
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Here’s a question for ya! Do you consider yourself a town mouse or a country...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Dec 25, 2019
- 6 min
One Mountain Ash Tree, Tai and I
In today’s blog, Tai and I go through the exploratory process of learning from the beautiful mountain ash tree, and make some nifty stuff...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Dec 4, 2019
- 7 min
Harry The Hat
My husband thinks I am a tad bit overly empathetic, sometimes to the point of personifying things that are a far cry from having to be...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Nov 5, 2019
- 12 min
Detours to Big Dreams
I was at a workshop yesterday. In this workshop, Jennie Olgilvie, touted as the “Comedian Median”, was teaching us how to connect to our...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Oct 13, 2019
- 6 min
Possibilities and Problems with Picklin’ Pickles
When I originally wrote this article about pickling in 2018, we were in the depths of cucumber chaos. Not so much this year, though. The...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Sep 27, 2019
- 10 min
A Wolf In Wolf’s Clothing
I create alcohol ink tile art like this one with silhouettes of wildlife such as wolves. If interested in your own wildlife art piece,...
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Rhonda Beckman
- Sep 18, 2019
- 8 min
These S’mores Are Enough
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I would like to take the time to tell you about the “S’mores Building”. I think...
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