Nubi Cohousing News

Some of the kids recently had a spurt of spontaneous sidewalk art-making, so I just thought I’d post a photo….. Seeing their drawings on the roads here is one of my favorite things about being in a pedestrian neighborhood.

Posted on September 28th, 2011 under Life in general. Tags: community, kids, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, walking. Comments: None

In the upper horse pasture, there’s a large compost pile that (I think) was placed up there last fall. This summer it burst forth with an abundance of large sunflowers and gangly squash-type plants. It’s a gorgeous sight to come upon this colorful mound after walking up the hill. We went exploring up there this [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2009 under Life in general. Tags: compost, walking. Comments: None

Yesterday (Jan 31) Johanna spotted a flock of birds across the field that looked different from what we usually see. The flock soon flew over and settled behind our house to forage for 20 minutes or so, revealing itself as about 30 Snow Buntings. A new bird for my life list! Here’s a photo (apologies [...]

Posted on February 1st, 2009 under Life in general. Tags: birds, walking, wildlife. Comments: None

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 [...]

Posted on November 9th, 2008 under Life in general. Tags: kids, walking. Comments: 1

Okay, the people are nice, and there are environmentally beautiful buildings and all, but I’ll admit one of the main things that drew me here is the birdlife. There’s just a wonderful variety of habitat immediately accessible out the front (or back) door. Yesterday and this morning I took 20-minute walks to do some quick [...]

Posted on September 4th, 2008 under Life in general. Tags: birds, walking. Comments: None