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ChainedChrysalis

Mama to 5 kids. Wife of 20 years and going on. Childrens photographer. Classic DIYer. Simplistic living, old fashioned, bunny owner. Bipolar, anxiety, autoimmune disorder. Gentle soul, seeking kindness and love. Slow down living, farm life, summer loving landlocked mermaid.

The devil asked how i knew my way through the halls of hell. I replied. I do not need a map for the path i know so well.

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This little chestnut satin angora dosent approve of me doing anything but pet her! Red and fawn siblings. Yes their color is amazing. and last but not least. hiking essentials.


I suppose the easy thing about stress, is finding some way to take it out on something else. Thankfully i operate several things with sharp pokeys in them, and for some reason that always helps. ...


June 27, 2019

words of wisdom? in Bittersweet

Readers don’t care what happened to you: they care about what it means for them. Indeed, what does this mean for any of us? What universal truths can we take from this, and how can it help us liv...


June 26, 2019

The need to be sad in Bittersweet

So sometimes you just need to be sad in order to get it out of your system. Its a deep ever consuming feeling where you just have to let things go. If you dont let them go, then how will you ever...


June 26, 2019

A series of events. in Bittersweet

Life is a series of events, in which one terrible thing happens, you start to recover and another one hits you. We got bad news again. Its been less then 2 months since my last bit of bad news. ...


I was once told that Alaska doesnt get over 80 degrees. Well today folks. it was 95 outside and 86 inside. come to look now, at 9 pm, Its 84 inside and 75 outside lol! It takes hours for the hou...


June 24, 2019

The thunder rolls in Bittersweet

Sunday night. Its been a good weekend. We went for a drive some 50 miles north yesterday, Decided to check out a big river and showed the kids. Happened to be a pride festival going on this weeke...


Today was a day of chores. We did a dump run and tossed the trash. Its been a few months. We do about 6 a year. Some closer together then others depending on yard clean up. We have a LOT of yard...


June 20, 2019

Unspun in Bittersweet

Today im spinning wool. Ive got my sweet little daedalus 3 d printed e spinner and some raw merino. Im spinning in the grease. Its really lovely wool. Super soft and bouncy. Im spinning it dirt...


My kid has like these scary hands. His skin peels up in these THICK chunks. I dont mean wide, i mean the layers of skin peeling off are thick. Like callous thick. Its painful and ugly. His hands ...


My auntie stopped me in the store and told me she was almost out of the soap i made her a few months ago. Ill be whipping up a batch of ( doterra brand) serenity oil and added clary sage to deal...


Today i made my first rose petal infusion. I used domestic roses from my rose bush. They happened to be my beautiful bright orange sunset roses that i ADORE. The smell is amazing! I put 1 cup o...


Spruce is high in several vitamins that promote healing. Gather the spruce tips at new growth. Small bright green tips. Wash well and allow to dry 24 hours to remove all moisture. Fill your clea...


I decided to make a mint infusion today. I finely chopped mint from the garden ( AKA the wild yard) And topped with coconut oil. The light sent is minty and coconutty, Im not sure if i like it. ...


This is a recipe i found online. Ingredients: 1 cup Butter 3/4 cup Honey 1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar 3 Eggs, beaten 2 cups Self-Raising Flour Cut the butter into pieces and heat slowly, adding the...


This is your basic all healing type salve. Good for burns, scratches and wounds. create an infusion of the leaf by doing the following. Collect fresh plantain leaves. These likely grow in your y...


This helps with my asthma attacks, as well as congestion Equal parts coconut oil and shea butter. ( 1 cup ish each) 3 tablespoons bees wax OR soy wax. Melt together in a double boiler slowly, ...


This helps with my asthma attacks, as well as congestion Equal parts coconut oil and shea butter. ( 1 cup ish each) 3 tablespoons bees wax OR soy wax. Melt together in a double boiler slowly, ...


3 cups sugar 3 tablespoons cinnamon 3 tablespoons nutmeg mix well. 6 cups strawberries sliced 6 cups total of blueberries, black berries, raspberries 2 cups rhubarb Mix fruit together and put i...


April 24, 2019

Dreams in chains in Bittersweet

Focus on dreams that you can make come true. It seems simple, almost easy. But when it boils down to it. Is it really a dream if its easy? The thing is, its supposed to have little steps to go ...


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