The Cavanaugh house and farm sits on a 5 acre parcel of land, and then we have another separate parcel of 13 acres that has been designated as the Sanctuary land. We (Cavanaughs) don't get out to walk the entire Sanctuary parcel every day, but we try to make a round at least once a week to the majority of it. No two walks are ever the same (as those who enjoy taking nature walks are certainly ...
Sunset at Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary - photo by Brennah Cavanaugh Beannacht / Blessing On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green, and azure blue come to awaken in you a meadow of delight. When the canvas ...
Oak tree at Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary. Photo by Brennah Cavanaugh Song of Life by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889) A traveller on a dusty road Strewed acorns on the lea: And one took root and sprouted up, And grew into a tree. Love sought its shade at evening-time, To breathe its early vows; And Age was pleased, in heights of noon, To bask beneath its boughs. The dormouse loved its dangling twigs, The birds ...
Continuing the theme of water, it's exciting to see that the "pond" is starting to ice over. Although it's still only the beginnings of the pond that we have planned, it's already a fairly significant body of water nevertheless. And it makes it really easy to envision what it will be like when it's finished. Pond Construction 2020 This week we had the survey done that was required by EGLE for us to ...
The north branch of the Swan Creek flows through Crossing Hedgerows Sanctuary and continues all the way to Lake Erie. Swan Creek is Eala Sruthán in Gaelic. We originally had used that name for our farm, but nobody could pronounce it, so we eventually settled on Crossing Hedgerows. But to us (the Cavanaughs), the creek is still Eala Sruthán. This is how it looks today with the new fallen snow and rabbit prints all along the edge. ...