By and about the Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm
I just happened to be working at home this afternoon enjoying the late afternoon sun in my south window. What was most fortunate however was to spend 20 minutes watching my 3 year old neighbor working away outside my window carefully hauling Tonka trucks and diggers as he calls them up and down and over [...]
Spring must be coming — birds are starting to sing, and sap is starting to flow.
We’ve tapped a half-dozen sugar maples around the neighborhood, with plans for boiling our first batch of syrup on Sunday.
And I’ve learned that when you’re collecting the sap, it helps to have a partner along to help out:
Some photos of last night’s festivities, including…..
A “Nub-Igloo”:
Homebrew:
And our boileriffic party:
This past weekend was a cohousing whirlwind of winter fun for our children.
Friday: our first annual neighborhood birthday celebration, which included outdoor scavenger hunt, indoor limbo contest and pina coladas, and a sumptuous community dinner.
Saturday and Sunday: ice skating on our pond, hot chocolate and movies with neighbors, community potluck in the Common House.
Monday: [...]
A contingent of Nubi kids wanted to go camping together before the new school year brought summer to an end, so some ideas were floated. Most involved traveling some distance, or perhaps venturing across Nubi’s hayfield and pitching tents near the river.
The reality ended up being much simpler and ultimately a lot of fun: This [...]
The town of Peterborough has fireworks but no parade for the 4th of July, so we made our own — complete with animals, costumes, flags, balloons, banners, and a bountiful community barbecue afterward. Here are a few photos from the festivities….
With spring arriving here in NH, the farm part of Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm is starting to come alive a bit more. Five piglets moved in last Monday, two dozen chicks arrived on Wednesday, another horse (a pony, actually) is supposed to arrive this week (to share the barn and pasture with the two horses [...]
It has been wonderful to have the Common House up and running! Our first community meal there (prepared by the CH team) took place last night and was excellent — delicious, fun, relaxing. Our kids even ate some salad!
Having the Common House has also provided a new place to take our kids during the day [...]
This morning, I went for a long walk with Lila and Xan. We started up through the hayfield, went into the woods, then followed the perimeter of the Nubi property until we were near the top of the horse/llama pasture where we cut back down the hill to get home. Before we started, Lila resisted [...]
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