Moodboard: Lit Tents At Night

my silly little dream

i love the idea of living close to nature. be it up in the cold mountains in a log cabin with a green tin roof, and solar panels in the yard, or in a country cob cabin with a living roof, nestled into a meadow somewhere beautiful and hot. i want to live close to the earth and be familiar with her. i don't want a television. i want a book shelf and some vinyl records and a turntable with lots of speeds. i want to dance with my husband and our kids in the living room and make tea and salads with the herbs and flowers, which we foraged. maybe i’ll un-school my kids, or i’ll send them to a Waldorf school (depending on the opportunities wherever we land). ill teach them witchcraft, but also to respect all faiths and ideologies (which pose no direct harm to others). ill send them to the local synagogue with my Jewish friends, to the mosque with my Muslim friends, to temple with my Hindu friends, and so on. i want open an open-minded, and kind-hearted family. my husband and i will kiss often, sometimes in front of the kids, and they will groan and roll their eyes, but ultimately they are learning that that's how their future partner should treat them. we might have chickens in the yard, and maybe one or two roosters. maybe a greenhouse, where i can grow fresh herbs and greens year round (if we are so blessed with the money to do so). i'll enroll my kiddos in book clubs at the local library, and read books to them with no pictures when they are bored. i will allow them the time to just rest. i don't care how loud, or odd, or sassy my kids might be, i care only that they are gentle with others and do their best to understand others. i’ll go on dates with my husband long after we are married, we will wander, weaving through the mountains or meadows. i will run my hands through his hair and gaze into his eyes as i do now, before the altar. if we have the money, i’ll put a swimming/fishing pond in the yard. we'll have lots of pets, and homestead animals and we'll nurture injured animals we encounter. i can’t wait for one day to come to me.

CAN WINTER BE OVER ALREADY LIKE I JUST WANT TO GO OUTSIDE FOR LONGER THAN 20 MINUTES WITHOUT DYING OF COLD THANKS

as a person in a long distance relationship i feel this with my whole heart i miss this

being individuals together is so intimate. let’s read different books but curled up next to each other, let’s visit a coffee shop so you can study & i can write, let’s just be near each other

Little Ways to Bring Sustainability into Cottagecore. 🍄📚☀️📖☕️

•Make your own bread/baking/food (especially things that can only be found plastic wrapped)

•Make your laundry detergent and dish soap, or buy eco friendly ones

•Buy in bulk with your own containers

•Use glass and metal containers to store things in, as opposed to plastic

•~*C O M P O S T*~

•Buy local and trade with neighbours to keep business small and purposeful

•Reuse, repair, and repurpose old stuff

•Spend more time outside and less time wasting electricity

•Permaculture gardens!!!

•Go thrifting and antiquing before buying new

•Buy cute lil totes (especially from local artists) and stop using plastic bags

•Be mindful of what you’re consuming. Food and fashion wise, and otherwise. Take note of what you truly want or need.

•Hang your clothes on a line to dry

•Learn to hem and mend your own clothing

•Educate yourself on water conservation (especially in gardens)

A baby

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oh... to wear a pretty dress and have a knife

frog frens

Frogs frogs frogs frogs

pros to abandoning society to live in the woods:

•don’t have to deal with people

•can live your best henry david thoreau life

•can be absolutely feral with no one to witness it

•very aesthetic

•you’re in the woods

cons:

•mosquitoes