The Rufener family’s diet is based on fruit, sprouted grains and fresh vegetables. Ina Rose, Paula and April are picking peppers.The children are busy from morning ’til night. Paula, 1, listens as Mary Rufener reads, while Ina Rosa, 3, nurses and April sips spring water.Summer heat makes the creek that runs beside the Rufener home a place to cool off and play.The family share the upstairs sleeping area where Logan, 9, plays.A clearing near the bee hive provides a quiet place for Logan and his friend, Ben Joe, 6.Logan takes the lead in a hike down the road to pick peppers planted for the family by a neighborly farmer.Paula offers help to Mary as she does dishes.The kids get in a game of Red Rover before dark.Paula Rufener, 1, plays in the sink at her parents’ house where water from a clear, flowing spring is piped into the kitchen with a garden hose.After a day of picking peppers, Mary Rufener walks home with her children.Ina Rosa Rufener, 3, explores the banks of Spring Creek with her doll.Dan Rufener holds his daughter, Paula, as they stand in the doorway of the house of “good cherry wood” that he’s making into a home.Unfortunately there is no info with this photo.Unfortunately there is no info with this photo.
