I never expected that a weekend trip to Dederang in October 2017 would spur a speedily negotiated farm purchase. I never expected that I would be a farmer, or that I would marry one. I never expected that I would be house-bound like most of the world during 2020 and 2021 and use that time to build a house. I never expected that I would like living a long way from many of the friends and family I’ve known for years and years. I never expected that all of that would make me happy, grounded, still. And yet here we are…

Photos of our house on the hill taken by the delightful Danii Forde at our 10 year wedding anniversay / house warming party in October 2022.