Joan and Brian

Brian and I will be celebrating our 8th year Wedding Anniversary in September but our stars happily collided 13 years ago. Our unofficial first "date" included another person and that third wheel was me.

I felt a little strange connection with Brian as our laughter was in synch even to scenes that seemed unhumorous to the movie crowd. The night ended quietly for all of us. It would be another year until Brian and I would make another connection.

We remained silent friends on FB until the day I posted I was ready to expand my veggie garden and raise backyard chickens. Our love for each other blossomed from our mutual interest and respect for leading sustainable lives and getting our hands dirty!

We left the city two years after we married and moved to the Key Peninsula in 2017. We purchased a fixer upper on 2 acres where he finally built my dream chicken coop and where we fixed up our forever home and made our tiny farm.

You don't have to listen too hard to hear our chickens and roosters, our bees buzzing, the pups barking at walkers and our laughter from our garden.

Our love resounds and is ever bright here in Longbranch.

~ joan