Merry Christmas, Steemians!

Christmas is a time to focus on the warmth of our hearts.

Whatever and however we give, this is the core of the reason we all get together.

In that vein, today I wanted to share a very fun and memorable journey that Ini and I took shortly after we met. This is a memory that still keeps my heart warm.

We met when I was on a bike trip riding up the west coast. I decided to cross the border and go to an ecovillage called OUR on Vancouver Island. I felt that magnetic pull that I needed to go to this place. And that is where I met Ini!

He was working as a farm manager there. Our relationship hit it off pretty quickly and we enjoyed playing and working in the gardens, drinking Ini's homemade mead, socializing around the ecovillage, riding our bikes, and journeying around to other areas in the vicinity.

This area in BC is full of little islands and it is so fun to take the ferries around and explore. One weekend, we were offered to stay in one of Pat Hennebery's (the Cob Father) cob houses for a romantic getaway.

Lush and large ferns coupled with that magical carefree feeling of the island make this a weekend I'll never forget.

Pat builds cob houses from a great passion! IT was SUCH A TREAT to stay here.

I think it rained most of the weekend, but that didn't matter! I love the feel of cob houses heated by woodstoves.
ESPECIALLY ONES WITH SNAKES ON THEM :D

And finding apples on the way out! <3

Thanks for going on the journey with me... It's amazing what an impact meeting each other has had on both of our lives. We're both better able to fulfill our lives purposes by synergizing together. A very very warm hearted Christmas to you!