Stewardship
Creating with our values, protecting what we love, defining "success" in terms of genuine exchanges in relationships of goodwill with you, all of nature and our precious resources.
Leap of Faith/ Call of The Wild!​
We are two women of spirit who became custodians of (Ancient Echoes) at Kelly Place in January of 2021. After a plan to walk The Camino de Santiago in Spain that previous September was interrupted by Covid, we pivoted, packed up our Four Runner with gear, installed a pop up tent on the lid, and headed to the Southwest on a spontaneously unfolding pilgrimage. On our return back home to Bozeman, Montana we stumbled upon this hidden gem with a thought to camp here for one night. The place captivated us, while curiously being up for sale. Hmmm. Weird chills.
After sleeping under a blanket of stars the likes of which we had never experienced (even in Big Sky Country!), having our hearts and imaginations captured by the red cliffs, azure skies and a chorus of bird song, a dizzying 18 hours later we decided we would return home to Bozeman, sell everything we had and become the stewards of this unusual and magical place. Deep Dive!​​
Serious DIY
On any given day you may find either one of us all across the land (38 acres) managing this or that repair, up to our elbows in dirt, soil, and sand, leaves, weeds and mud, on the tractor (her name is Frida (Kahlo)) or irrigating, mowing, pruning, and pondering how else can we share the enchantment that is here. Challenging, magical, moody, tough and beautiful - sort of a reflection- the place has her own ideas! and we have given our all to the physical and metaphysical restoration of Ancient Echoes (a name we added to more fully embrace all that is here) at Kelly Place, well known and loved in this canyon for decades. For us the idea of "owning" such a place is unfathomable, but we may caretake, listen to, create with and share mindfully what is here.
Welcome to our on-going, humbling, wild adventure! Morphogenic Field anybody? It's pretty cool.
Celine and Allison
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Our professional backgrounds have been in human potential through both personal and transpersonal modes of therapy, transformation, art , design and creativity. We bring all of these aspects of our lives to this place and growth edges alike. ​
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Our projects are many as we re-wild the grounds with drought resistant grasses and native plants with aims for xeriscape. Planting trees and thinking a lot about water. And last year we went SOLAR!
Our choices in building materials are sustainable whether it is pulling from our scrap pile for reuse and upcycle or using products that make eco-sense and don't polute our living environs such as marmoleum flooring from Germany, clay tile, clay paint, sustainable harvested cedar, and green insulation, willing to pay now for system upgrades such as heat pumps throughout without trading beauty for function. ​
