As a journalist, I love the power of a personal story to create connection and empathy. After some lovely farm visitors at the weekend, I was considering how much in the country, our farms become an extension of ourselves. Our farm says a lot about us.
Perhaps that's why magazines such as Country Style and Australian Country and the Open Gardens Scheme are so popular. They're a window into the intimate life of someone else. They help us understand their story and in the process, we get to see ourselves from a different perspective.
As always it's the most personal touches that create the deepest connections. What's with all the white, the pine cones, how your yards are set up? Those welded letters on the gate. It's about us. It's about connection.
I was left inspired and uplifted to continue creating a home and farm that honours its history but also tells our story now.
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