Blissful Family

Blissful Family Mountain House

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Winter Spiral Garden Story

2009-12-27T10:55:00.000-08:00

The Boy Who Loved Summer!

By Marsha Johnson

Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved summer. He loved to bright golds, deep oranges, hot sparkling crystal lights flashing on the water, the smell of wheat as it ripens in the field, fresh red warm strawberries right from the vines, the warm sunlight on his head, bare skin, and the feel of cool, deep dry earth as he walked barefoot along paths to the river.

He loved summer so dearly that when the cool winds began to blow, he shivered and felt some sorrow creep over his soul, and when the frost struck one night, leaving trails of feathery fronds on his windows, he decided to search for the warmth of the summer....now hidden somewhere.

And so the boy set out, and he found gold first in the leaves of the tree in front of his home, instead of fresh green, he saw that the leaves were now filled with yellowy gold color, shining at him through the rain.

Then he went further and he saw the golden stems of all the reeds and grasses that had been pale green and dark green in the summer, and he saw their small slivery leaves were also golden brown now.

When he crossed the farmers' fields, he saw the big green leaves of the squashes, collapsing in the fields, drawn down into the earth by the frost fairies, and he saw, suddenly, peeping out between the vines, the bright golds and oranges and deep blue-greens of the summer time in the skins and rinds of the pumpkins and squashes lying there. Later he wandered into the other fields and found the farmers there digging up the golden rutabagas, the orange sweet carrots, and the deep red beets from the earth.

Finally he came far into the fields and found there a higher place up on a hill, where he could look out over the lands, now covered with blues, purples, and greys, and he cried out, I love the sun! Where is my summer?

And a fire fairy, from the sun, came down to the boy as she heard his cry and in her golden bright self, she honored the boy and respected him, and told him in her own way that he should be given a bit of summer and sun to carry home with him, to keep him in the warmth until the sun and summer should return.

And the fire fairy gave the boy a beeswax candle, and scraped a spark from her self to light the candle, and the boy saw that the glow and warmth of the sun were captured in the golden orange yellow flame of the candle and he carried it home quite carefully and placed it on his mantel bare, to remind him of the sun and its warmth.

Thank you!

2009-10-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

Dear Blissful Family Friends,
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Thank you!

We would like to thank you for your heartfelt support and loyalty to Blissful Family for our 5 years. We could not have done it without you.

We really appreciate all of those who participated by purchasing items, providing signs and hugs and all of you support during our Longmont store closing event on last July.

It was successful and we are pleased with the outcome.

We’re working hard to make a new plan for what is next on our journey.

We hope to continue to serve you from that home base through the online store.
If you have any ideas or suggestions please email us, we welcome your input.

Also if you want to sign up or ensure your information will be included for our future mailing list.

Please visit our new website www.Blissfulfamilymarket.com and join our mailing list.
We respect your privacy and will never share your email address with any unauthorized third parties.

We’ll keep you informed of any exciting news or events.

We wish you many blessings for you and your families.

We look forward to sharing with all of you again!

Love and Gratitude,

Young Sook Kim

Blissful Family Market

Natural, Multicultural, Eco-friendly gifts for the whole family

www.Blissfulfamilymarket.com
Blissfulfamilymarket@gmail.com

Vegetable Garden 1

2009-07-16T21:43:00.000-07:00

Wildflowers on Living Roof

2009-07-16T21:39:00.000-07:00

Labyrinth on the living roof

2009-07-16T21:29:00.000-07:00

What's up in our green roof? 2009 Summer

2009-07-16T21:25:00.000-07:00

Living roof - Whildflowers

2009-07-16T21:20:00.000-07:00

Blissful Family Mountain Center

2009-07-16T11:17:00.000-07:00

Building an Icosa hut 5

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Building an Icosa Hut 4

2009-07-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

Building an Icosa Hut 3

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Building an Icosa Hut

2009-05-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

Building an Icosa Hut

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Building an Icosa Hut

2009-05-21T20:35:00.000-07:00

Icosa Hut Building - Day 2

2009-05-04T21:42:00.000-07:00

At last we made a first Pentagon.

Icosa Hut Building - Day 2

2009-05-04T21:33:00.000-07:00

Icosa Hut Building - Day 1

2009-05-04T21:20:00.000-07:00

We started to build a Icosa Hut - First day !!

Paul Blake made a model for Icosa Hut

Build an Icosa Hut

2009-04-24T10:16:00.000-07:00

Hands-on Workshop at Blissful Family Mountain Center

Build an Icosa HutGuided by Paul BlakeOrganized by Blissful Family Mountain Center

The Icosa Hut is a pentagonal-shape dome shelter made almost exclusively by recycled materials. The name ‘Icosa’ comes from the word icosahedron, which has 20 equilateral triangular faces.

This workshop is designed for those with little or no building experience who want to build a small eco-friendly shelter. You will learn the basic concepts of the Icosa Hut and how to build it using locally available recycled materials. Whether you want to expand the living space in your own yard or build a separate shelter in the mountains, this workshop will provide the skills to pursue your own shelter construction project. In addition to hands-on experience focused on framing, discussions on foundation, siding, roofing, lighting, insulation, and window/skylight/door installation will be integrated into the workshop. At the end of this workshop, a complete set of drawings and materials list to construct your own Icosa Hut will be available.

Blissful Family's store pictures 3.

2009-03-21T13:30:00.000-07:00

Blissful Family's store pictures 2.

2009-03-21T13:24:00.000-07:00

Our Anniversary Celebration with Crystal Singing Bowl!

2009-03-21T13:22:00.000-07:00

Blissful Family's store pictures

2009-03-21T13:19:00.000-07:00