TOUGH

I figured writing about it would help but it does not.... Demise of the farm... We can not g on in the maintenance mode but taking the living part away hurts... Goat went to a 10 year old whose father rent pasture for his cattle. Sheep went to a neighbor who will start a herd within 3 miles (which makes us feel good). Decisioins about Chili are coming hard.. Gretchen's family, with the farm, with us.....Packing comes easy to reduce the pressure and futility of demise feelings.. Plans to move are developing, but where we shall end up is up in the air and scary- Marnie is doing a wonderful job of searching, sorting, looking and try out the feel of possibilities which make the end point with some closure we do not have yet. The leaves are gone and the only vestiges of us member are southern winds which bring unusual warmth and grey days. We shall muddle on with marching fortitude.

MOVING ON .... slowly we are afraid

 CHITTENDEN BROOK FARM
 to Madison and Bloomington.. looking for condos and apartment rentals  ....   Go Occupation

We have an accepted offer for Chittenden Brook Farm and have sold the equipment and sheep.  Marnie was in Madison last week look for Condo last week and I rode my moto to Madison last Sunday (to leave in storage).  We looked at condos and houses on Monday and decided to try to buy out a agreed sales contract on a neat praire house.. after a tense 24 hours we were rejected inspite of the buyer and seller making substantially more money than they agreed to.  So we are back to sorting Condos and Houses to move to by Jan 15th.  We will restart our search over Thanksgiving and begin getting our vehicle to WI before the weather permanently turns bad...