Summer........

Top of the watershed for sunset, Kyle greets the sun as he simulates flight atop the arch he and Josh constructed.

It should also be noted that these beautiful pictures were taken by Mr. Josh Jedediah Tsvi Hubing-Cooper.

GREEN GARDEN

chillin out, maxin, relaxin all cool...in the garden is where I spend most of my days.

Living Routes Reuion

All four of us (molly, Kyle, Jack, Josh) did A Living Routes program (either Scotland or India) and are now at Aprovecho...how small the world is!

This is the start of the outside classroom being build to the side of the straw bale. We have been holding outside movie nights here the last week (mostly planet earth videos). We took several mattresses out and set up the projector and a sheet. Hands down best movie watching venue ever! We also made some dank popcorn-involving coconut oil, Cinnamon and honey....try it, you wont be let down!

Summer Internship Finale

Yes...two kegs were stored in our spring. They stayed icy cold for our party on Friday which was total blissful chaos. We had a tremendous oatmeal stout and IPA from Ninkasi brewery in Eugene. Oh how delightful summer is!

Me at the top of the watershed

Josh and I took a hike to the top of our watershed the other day. So many clear cuts, but the up side to that is how far we are able to see in all directions. we were able to see our little valley and all around it! it was quite a site, really made me even more in awe of this beautiful land, and also saddened by all the clear cutting that takes place here. The summer internship ends at the end of this week and Josh leaves to start school early next week, I am so sad to see everyone leave and to feel the summer coming (slowly) to a close. I will really miss Josh when he goes. But I am also looking forward to this abundant fall season and for our fall internship, four weeks of which will be spend going the 100 mild diet. We had a meeting about it tonight and I am sooooooo excited for it! I cant want to eat nothing but what we can get from within 100 miles of us. It looks like we will be eating lots of veg, fruit, meat and dairy. Beans, grains, oils and spices will be harder to get, but we are creative and I think it will be a really powerful experiment and will help us all become more connected to what we eat. at the end of the program we are hosting a gathering called "eat here now" which well be at the end of our month long diet and a harvest feast! I feel like I am learning so much in the garden and am so inspired by what the people around me are doing to help this earth. I am so positive about how much more there is to learn in the coming months!

Random image of our exploding potato patch! they are all flowering now, I think they should be ready to harvest by September.....I feel like my whole sense of time has changed being here. I measure the time passing by when the vegetables are ready to eat rather than in by clocks or months.

back at aprovecho

Here are friends Lily and Kyle cooking up some lunch in the outdoor kitchen where all our meals are made. The garden is right behind, its so great to pick all the vegetables and salad you want (meals for 30 people everyday) and then just use what you just picked. there is nothing like it! I am blessed to be surrounded by amazing cooks and such creative people who make amazing food ALL the time. There is always somthing good cookin up in the kitchen. All our stoves and ovens are wood powered and outside...I have never eaten better!

This picture was taken on a hike from last weekend on our quest to get to some hidden hotsprings. we made it to this roaring river and found several little hotspring pools along the side. we had to scale some cliffs to get there though and cross an old wire bridge (seen above), it was well worth it though. Josh and I were the only two brave enough to get into the cold river water, but it made the hotsprings that much warmer!

Evan, Aliza and I hung out in Portland last weekend and saw the sassy soulful Sharon Jones play at the Portland zoo. We got a bangin breakfast and then hung out for a while in one of Portland's many rose gardens. really great to see Evan and Aliza, I feel so lucky that they are both here this summer, I feel like I have family really close by! My friends Rachel and Josh from Apro also came for the weekend, it was really great to share the gospel of Sharon Jones with them!

This is from a really nice hike we took to a huge waterfall. This is Rachel and I trying to ID some wild plants. I am working really hard on learning the plant life in Oregon's green green forests. I am so lucky to have some amazing teachers here who know just about everything about plants and their uses.

This was the camp at tayberry. we spent the whole weekend creating additions and more shade, we at the end had about four tents all linked up together. it was a great retreat for shade, naps and snacks.

hanging out with coco the donkey and strawberry the pony......

Josh and I at Tayberry Jam, hanging out during out "work" shift...telling people where to park.

cherries in all its forms!

cherry madness!!

These were taken during our days of cherry madness. we preserved cherries every way one can.... Juice, mush, pitted, non-pitted, with sugar and without....sooooooo many cherries! I am learning all about canning and food preservation, really cool stuff.

back on the blog wagon...

has been a few weeks since my last "post". Wanted to check in while I am sitting here and thinking about it. Life on the farm in the summer is always busy, full of life, vegetables and love. I had an amazing 23rd birthday, which happened to take place the night of July's full moon and also the first night of Tayberry jam. Thank you to all my friends and family who made it so special. I really could not be happier. I feel so blessed to be where I am and be able to do what I am doing.

First I wanted to post a few from before I left the east coast of Rosie and I at the beach. Rosie just sent these and I love them! (although seeing them made me miss Rosie a whole bunch!!)