Alise.Marie

I know I’m not the only one with a semi-sensitive social battery. In times of high stress, overwhelm, grief or depletion I unashamedly and subconsciously retreat into the comfort of home. The drawback? Social skills seem to be among the things I lose if I don’t use. I’ve taken to coffee chats with the chickens as a means to prepare myself for actual interactions coming this summer and it’s going about as well as you’d expect. 😬😂 - #backyardchickens #chickensofig #chickens #birdphobicchickenmama

One month of life without him feels like forever already. There is a permanent dog shaped hole in our lives only he could ever fill. We miss you wildly Rydiie. ❤️‍🩹

Today was one of the easiest days I’ve seen in a very, very long time. Girlfriend made me the best hot dog bun french toast brunch I’ve ever had 😂, Fred surprised me with gifts we agreed he’d wasn’t getting, we strolled a new trail and mister man gave me a literal run for my money. (Swipe to see that bit in action). Boy moms understand! Hope everyone found some peace, some love and some joy in today. Happy Mother’s Day! ✨ - #slowlived #slowlivinglife #family #ctfamily

Anyone else blown away by the reality that grocery stores as we know them today are just over 100 years old?! Meaning there are people currently alive older than our ability to buy our food commercially. Yet somehow gardening and farming are considered a hobby or worse a trend versus a skill. I started our small front/side yard garden as a peaceful outlet but I’m digging into the ways it is developing me and will continually heal the way our family views and enjoys food. I’m working to change up the layout over last year to maximize our growing space, to add more plants and yes to add some curb appeal considering the entirety of our garden is visible. Last week we didn’t leave the living room but to visit the doctor so this week I’m making every minute count, toddler in tow! - #simplelivinglifestyle #slowlifestyle #zone7bgardening #urbangardener #slowlived #growyourownfood #organicgarden #gardening

Y’all I spent today tweaking my redesigned garden proposal and practicing my pitch for the farm stand I want to open. Fred looked me dead in the eye and with the straightest face I’ve ever seen asked me if my mock-up was “to scale” and what my profit margins for my bread would be. My takeaways: 1. I have more homework to do. 2. He’s sick of me. 😂 #sourdougbread #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughbaker #sourdoughrebel #kingarthurbaking #breadnbloom #simplelivinglifestyle #inthekitchen #bakeitbetter

This sandwich just needed it’s own moment 🤌🏾 I really almost spent $30 on sandwiches at a local cafe yesterday then remembered we had food at home. We packed up the perfect little home lunch instead and very happily shuffled to the park for our first picnic of the year. Eating “at home” sometimes feels like settling for something not quite as good as you could have gotten out but apart from being homemade and minimally processed this sandwich hit on *all* cylinders. I was talking to a friend yesterday about bread and it’s crazy how little we appreciate bread in the US when globally it’s is so nuanced and often times celebrated. There are endless types of bread and processes for making them. Bread making is an art and a discipline. But when Wonder bread is the standard it’s easy for that to be lost. It may sound super corny but I didn’t find bread making, it found me. In a weird and unexpected gesture of friendship, kindness and community during a super rough postpartum period. I’m so grateful it did because I’m absolutely loving this little journey!! - I still have dehydrated starter kits for anyone interested but unsure of how or just not interested in starting their own. Let’s do this thing together. 🫶🏾 #sourdough #breadmaking #breadart #sandwichoftheday #sandwichlover #inthekitchen #kingarthurbaking

Prepping snacks for my kids & chickens who am I!?! I saw someone share their chickens loved strawberry tops so I gave our older birds some earlier this week and I’m kind of a big deal with them right now. 😂 When we started hearing the chickens = rat rumors we decided pretty quickly we wouldn’t be offering ours kitchen scraps outside for the same reason we don’t (yet?) compost for our garden. The food scraps, not the birds, attract rats and that’s a level of this game I’m not prepared to advance to!! So for now we’re giving the chicks some “kitchen treats” while they’re still inside and looking for ways to continue offering them goodies once they “move out”. - #backyardchickens #birdphobicchickenmama #chickensofinstagram #chickencoop

Surfacing after a weird but still full & happy Easter weekend with some of our people! This year the “frills” were at an all time low, we got more outtakes in our photo reels than printable shots, the babe and I both got sick and our week is off to a fumbling start but life & God are still very very good! I hope everyone had a happy Easter and are seeing early signs of spring! Now April - please bring more sun and warmer weather will ya!? - (Swipe to see the difference a single year makes! Thinking of recreating this picture until he outgrows her arms 🥹)