Nov 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
How will the light (and energy) of the sun get into our new home – heating the space, cooking our food, warming the water and lighting the dark places? The past few weeks were dominated by the question: Where will we place our new solar panels? We thought we had...
Oct 20, 2016 | Building Project
It’s been a while. Apparently life happens! I’m happy to be back. Maggie and I enjoyed visiting a modern rammed earth (RE) home last weekend. The photo is a representation of the same style used by the Winnipeg family (I & L) we visited. The final look...
Sep 2, 2016 | Building Project
One image, or rather video, sums up this blog. Jonah did the stop action photography/editing. Did you catch the on-lookers in the easy chairs to the left, or the pastor asking for blessings at the end? It was a good day. We achieved two major aims this past...
Aug 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Maggie says she knows where the hammock’s going now. Whewh. That means we’ve moved from dreaming and planning to visualizing. With the foundation forms going up, it gets easier to see ourselves living in this special place. Our big news – we have a...
Jul 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Like a kid on Christmas day. Henry and I fashioned a 12 foot 6″ x 6″ post today – the first of many we’ll need. He’s quite the master taking one layer off at a time as he rotates the log – finding the highest quality wood and making...
