September and October are my favorite months to spend time in the backcountry. Days are warm, nights are cool and crisp, the summer crowds are gone, and it feels good to soak up some time outdoors before winter sets in. It is also the busiest time of year on the homestead with harvesting, preserving and storing the fruits of our labor and tucking things in for the colder months. Sometimes I manage to get away on a fall excursion to the wilderness, but often I wistfully daydream. I needlefelted this wool wall hanging of a wilderness campsite like the ones I have enjoyed in years past, and the ones I visit in my imagination when I’m canning pears and leaf mulching garden beds. There is definitely a balance to strike between being a modern homesteader and an outdoorsperson.
Both nourish the body and the soul in their own way.
In this wilderness campsite, the night is clear and cold with a dusting of snow on the mountains and
foothills, the moon is full and the stars are shining above a crackling
campfire. You can almost hear the stream cascading over rocks and rushing onward toward larger rivers in the valleys below.
foothills, the moon is full and the stars are shining above a crackling
campfire. You can almost hear the stream cascading over rocks and rushing onward toward larger rivers in the valleys below.
You can find it here in my Etsy shop:
Whatever your endeavors this fall, may they nourish you deeply.
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