Good morning Indiana!

Good Morning! Sarah and I returned safely to Indiana last night, with memories to last a lifetime and way too much luggage! Our cousins were kind enough to provide us with an extra suitcase to take home all our treasures!


The farm is bustling this morning with HOPE CSA pastors here for the day, loads of laundry, and an overwhelming amount of garden work...I don't know where to begin. BUT...I refuse to allow all that to distract me from my purpose.
So...LET THE LESSONS BEGIN!
Please let me introduce you to Helen Beatrix Potter. This is a photograph of Beatrix taken at her beloved Hilltop at the age of 47.

This is a picture of me at the age of 50 taken at Hilltop just last week!

There are so many stories, and so much information that I want to share with you about this amazing lady. One of the most important things that you need to know is that she was so much more than author and and illustrator of the wonderful little books. By the end of her life, she was a respected landowner, estate manager, and sheep farmer. She owned over 4,000 acres of of land in the English Lake District that she had purchased with her book earnings to protect from development. When she died, the land was willed to her husband, and upon his death, all went to the National Trust. It was Beatrix's foresight, by protecting the Lake district landscape through ownership, that makes it possible for all to enjoy today. I will leave you with just a few of my favorite subjects from the English Lake District to enjoy for yourselves.
Stone Walls and Fells


A Herdwick ewe and her baby lamb...


and Moss Eccles Tarn (notice the huge Rhododendrons!)
Until tomorrow I remain Your aff friend,
Kathy Hawkins