Having company means that all of us get to slow down a bit and just enjoy ourselves for a little bit after all the renovation craziness.  It was really nice to have the familiar faces of loved ones around and to show them a few of the reasons we have […]

Now, I have to assume that, given the previous posts, you may have come to the conclusion that we are completely insane.  Surely leaving family and familiarity, buying a huge acreage, moving, renovating and starting new jobs, is more than the average person really wants to take on in a […]

So sledge hammers and strong men have done their thing, and now we have as close to a blank canvas as it is possible to have in a home that feels 100 years old!   It is really only about 65 years old technically speaking, but to this city girl […]

Those first few days were exceptional.  They really were!!  Not a disaster in sight! We got the Uhaul truck and trailer unpacked and returned to the local dealer.  Fallon and Darren got all their stuff in the house, while most of our bits and boxes stayed in the carport.  No […]

  Ok so moving day didn’t go quite as planned, and our eventual arrival had it’s problems too.  Did we let that get us down…… not totally!   The sheer number of bugs that greeted us on our arrival was a bit overwhelming and we were a bit terrified that […]

The days leading up to move day just got busier and busier.  Both households were packing and sorting through years of stuff.  We gave stuff away, we threw stuff out and we agonized over “will we need this on the farm??”  We totally had no idea exactly what we would […]

So, buying a property in a place far away from where you live is interesting.  You are in town for such a short period of time and you really don’t have a ton of time to spend at every property.  All four of us came out to Nelson to look […]

Let me briefly introduce the lovely folks here at Owl’s Hollow Homestead! My wonderful husband Chuck – online entrepreneur extraordinaire My beautiful daughter Fallon – our own life saving paramedic My ever creative, MacGyverish son in law Darren – woodworking master And me, Donna – the family wordsmith and insurance […]