Being vain and beating a dead horse here...........................but what is this thread for anyways.......?
This place is awesome......................
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My last weekend would be ranked in the top two or three of my whole life, in just being perfect and awesome and amazing......not enough superlatives.......... It linked past, present and future for me and included everything in spades that is required in a happy life..........
*something to do, *something to love, and *something to dream/work for...........
I spent all week at a Tiny House Conference. (thank god I don't have to do one of those.......they are cool, but too small for long term living) But there were alternate building speakers and demo houses there that were awesome.
Spent hours hounding them after their lectures and just shooting the shit about the latest building techniques and technologies
.......learned so much and came away with some crazy, badass ideas.
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When not at the conference I was planted at my site in the woods.
(just steps from the City, through an industrial area -----soooooooooooooooooooo many resources for discarded materials here, metal/wood/rejects/seconds----)
.......I have no idea how I managed that..........................
Running from top to bottom, tracking the sun on the site, clearing ivy and invasives, measuring a couple trees (maples) that will be felled and milled on site for interior siding and finishes/furniture over the years, some cedars are already downed and will be milled for outdoor decks. And cord wood left over from the milling will be, and this is the best part, used to create an Accessory Building Unit (see below) next to the future house, possibly built first so that I don't have to pay rent when building the "Small House" (eventually three houses on the third acre)
Off grid living initially, composting toilet, solar/ battery assist for lights/power, gas cooking/heat (always keep tank and connections outdoors) What about the city you say for the ADU??? (can't do an Accessory Dwelling before a Primary Dwelling)
Well, just flip down the hatches and viola!! just a woodpile.......!
Probably I will just wind up doing a cord-wood structure as a storage shed, but, it was fun to dream over the weekend anyways.........................
Oh, yeah.................. I went to a great show too.......
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To bring this a little back from smuggville, I would just like to say.
If you have a dream, go for it.
Maybe it doesn't happen right away, and maybe it doesn't work out the way you planned (probably won't), but it's worth it.
People love to say stuffs impossible....................because well, they doubt themselves.............be creative and make it happen....................otherwise..............what's this all for?
It's all process, life is process, I'm never going to get there, but that is okay.
And I've been down low and up high and in between and each place was necessary to make today happen.