A couple days before this my friend Jeff had paid me a very generous visit. He bought, transported and dropped off a 30 gallon rain water barrel and a very large 6 cubic foot wheelbarrow, along with a care package of food and cookware prepared by his wife.
These folks are the best examples of supporters who have gone way over and beyond to help me out at the weakest points in my projects. Eventually the full story about them and the extent to which they have assisted and kept me going will be told. This winter, assuming I am able to build my cabin, I will have a lot of time to write the books I have not been able to work on. The story of the people who have stood beside me as well as a kind of autobiographical (non-fictional) novel, and a condensation of my travels are all long past due.
But on this day it was building the cabin that was on my mind. I had been worrying about the cabin, due to the shortening in term from 5 years to 3 years that the seller of this property had negotiated--eliminating any amount of money I would be able to use in construction, but also my inability to use my phone and the employment opportunities that were slipping by.
Specifically, my concern had to do with not being able to have the concrete I needed for foundational footings and piers delivered, nevermind even paid for. The shoestring budget I put together at the beginning of the project was overstretched. In my own defense, I do not believe there would have been a better way to purchase the land, nor was there a better opportunity to finance such a purchase. I took the best of all of it and assumed the risk of that which could not be adjusted. In truth, I had no other possible alternative for my life than the buying of this land. It was a good move, even if I continue to struggle with unforeseen circumstances. I wish I could feel happier and more satisfied about it. But, worrying is my normal state of mind. It is what it is...
It was while I looked at this space that I realized a cabin could be built here,
rather than in the woods, and that it could be made of materials already available to me.
The original plan was for a free standing cabin very similar to this...
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In walking around the property and taking inventory of useful trees I collected leaves to make images of in order to see what kinds they were (I still haven't come to a conclusion--any ideas?)...
The following video gives some idea of what it is like at the campsite discussed how to measure the potential of gathering water, but ends with a description of the new cabin plan...
TASKS COMPLETED
* Came up with a new plan for the cabin
* Tested the new rain barrel setup
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