Welcome to the Aqua Farm

I went to a small liberal arts college in rural Ohio. The adjacent county was home to one of the largest populations of Amish in America. Clearly, we were in the country. Deep in the country. (I loved it!)

One rite of passage for a Kenyon student was when an older student drove you to the Aqua Farm. You’d spend the whole drive guessing, trying to figure out what it was. Most of the time you didn’t guess right.

When I brought David to Ohio to see Kenyon in 2003 I took him to the Aqua Farm. On the ride over he guessed right as to what it was. Immediately. It’s very him.

Here we are six years later living in our own Aqua Farm.

Yes, our house really is this color blue. We love it.

Welcome to our little bit of country. We already feel SO at home.



Miss Leyba has a new word that she says it over and over, all day long: “Happy!” It fits. All three of us are radiating contentment. It’s remarkable how a change of scene can transform us.


More updates from the country coming soon…

(Our laptop computer is SO broken. Hence the lack of updates. The real reason may be that we are settling in, unpacking and spending all our free time outdoors, playing, gardening and getting to know our neighbors, but I’ll blame it on the hardware.)

11 thoughts on “Welcome to the Aqua Farm”

  3. I can so relate — I’m so happy for you! It’s 10 years, and I’m still oohing and ahing when the flock of wild turkeys visits, and the buck comes into the yard and I count his points and realize he’s the ‘little one’ from 4 years ago – now all grown up, and there’s that silver fox I’ve seen trotting into the woods, and the quail are so adorable as they race into the bushes when I go by…

  4. i was hoping for an update on the new place soon!! this is so exciting… it looks amazing. more pictures, please ;-)

  7. Looks so sunny and peaceful! Ah…quiet outdoors ~ So glad you are all enjoying it so much. Thanks for the post and new pics!

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