What is my dream?

*****THIS IS MY DREAM - YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAINT THIS DREAM BY ADDING A REALISTIC POINT OF VIEW TO IT OR BY TELLING ME HOW YOUR DREAM WAS NEVER REALIZED. NO FINGER WAGGING OR NAY-SAYING PERMITTED. THIS IS FOR HAPPY, WARM, FUZZY, & DREAMY FEELINGS ONLY - IF YOU ARE NOT CAPABLE OF THAT AT THIS TIME - COME BACK LATER!******

I am a dreamer. I LOVE talking about my dreams. Not my nighttime dreams but my hopes and goals dreams. When I talk about them I get all warm and fuzzy inside. I feel nostalgic for something that has yet to happen. So today I thought I'd share a little glimpse into my dream. My BIG dream. The life dream. The dream I make Michael talk about every couple of months as we are falling asleep. The dream that drives me - that I hold as a standard for my decisions and the dream that if I never accomplish, I will ask for in heaven.







It starts with some boots. I want to be working in the morning wearing boots like these - with a skirt. I want them to be muddy from walking into my garden to get some fresh greens or herbs. And from feeding the goats and the chickens and perhaps milking a cow.
















After that I want to walk to a house that is something along these lines...and inside I'm not checking my messages or talking on the phone. I am baking some muffins to eat or knitting a hat of some sort.


















Which reminds me that this farm needs to look like this in the winter...

















And also it needs to have one of these...so on those hot SUMMER days (note that it is only hot in summer) on those days me and the kids will be found here - with a packed lunch - wet and cold and happy as clams.


















And in the afternoon I will head out to my other barn which I use as a studio - as well as everyone else in the family. It can accommodate the old Triumph motorcycle Mike is fixing up or the machine the kids are building or the box they are turning into a puppet theatre. And there I can do whatever I want. I can have music on while I paint, draw, cut, paste, sew, write, dance - anything.














And sometimes in the fall I will host a party at my farm with lights lining the open field that doubles as a baseball diamond, a live bluegrass band, dancing, and fresh donuts and apple cider. I would also like to have my own maple syrup trees. And we will have a grand old time. And everyone will say, "I just love going out to the Knorpp farm, don't you?" And they will ask to host weddings there and church and school parties, and we will say yes!

And you are all invited. And it will be a place you will want to come to. And we will have a little guest house for you to come and stay in when you do come. I hope your dream makes you just as happy as mine does. It is truly one of the major forces working on our family - pushing us to try harder - to get better - so that we can have this dream.