Brunch at the Yurt

Posted on December 5th, 2011 by Tonia 3 Comments

Our good friends Jen and Trevor are the caretakers of an old farm on the outskirts of town that is used as a spiritual retreat center. They live in a cozy yurt, surrounded by an enormous garden and beautiful, ancient farm buildings.

Yesterday morn we woke up to a nice layer of fresh snow. We rubbed the sleep from our eyes, popped a ham in the oven, whipped up some mashed potatoes {from our garden}, and headed over to the yurt for brunch.

It was so warm and festive inside…

Within seconds, we were plopped down by the woodstove and handed a glass of wine.

Friends started to arrive. The table filled up with steaming bowls of stuffing, roasted root veggies, salad, pies…

Bellies were filled. Stories were told. Laughter was shared.

A jar of cream was passed around the table and shook. Sweet winter-squash pie and whipped cream ignited a chorus of hearty “oooos” and “ahhhhs”.

And then the dishes were washed, leftovers were divided and shared, and the football was tossed around in the snowy yard with cold, red hands.

3 Comments

  1. Terry says:

    Fun! What a great group of friends you have there :-)

  2. Cathy Schroeder says:

    Your pictures are amazing Tonia, I want to buy a Yurt and live like this. There has got to be some Yurt website that would hire you to take their pictures!Is there a bathroom in the Yurt?
    XXXOO

  3. Tonia says:

    Aunt Cathy- Thank you! A yurt would be a wonderful alternative to a cabin! You can buy yurt “kits” and set them up wherever you find a nice piece of land. They can be large, like this one, or small and portable so you could take it down and set it back up wherever you go. This particular yurt is built into a hill so it has a full basement as well as the main floor and a small loft above the kitchen, which is where the “bedroom” is. The bathroom is a couple of buckets in the basement, because J&T use the “humanure” to fertilize their garden. :)

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