Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
- Thread starter Gary O'
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I love the "evolution" of the sun's rays....and "cascading cumulus, surfing the hills"! ...verbiage at its best.
Thank you, ol' man
Heh, if I was word smithing, I'da seen there were two too many 'the's
but
I'm not a Smith
I'm an O'...sometimes an OH NO!
'tis fun to write, tho...and appreciation is always appreciated
cheers
Gary, I am really impressed with you living off the grid and the work you have done to complete your buildings. I have been around that area in Oregon and it is beautiful! I have winter camped in the past up in the Rockies and have experienced the 3-4 foot dump of snow overnight, quite surreal. But after a few days I am back home. I often wondered what it would be like to be snowed in for possibly weeks at a time.
Well, the first winter was rather exciting…didn’t know what to expect
One blow knocked down some midsized lodge pole pine right onto the main genny
Those steel cages are not just decoration
Deep snow for weeks on end; not really harrowing
Wondering what’s next; keeps one busy
We shovelled everthing the first winter
Bought a blower the next
Snow backs up
Then just piles up
Ya learn to prepare best you can
Give yerself a chance
Stock up
Beans, oatmeal gets old
Dec to May
and thanks for the kind words
Heh Wild TurkeyGary, have you come across any turkey tracks in in your neck of the snowy woods?
Not a bourbon guy
scotch
single malt
straight (if it's quality)
nursing a jug of glenmorangie (on occasion....I'm not rich)
actual tracks? wouldn't know if I saw 'em
I hear they are here, however
Well, we got a December dusting
To match our November dusting…I guess
No complaints
But if this keeps up, summer of 2018 is gonna be fire crazy
Some pics;
in some southern regions I s'pose this'd be called 'high cotton'
The old spare leaning against the sea container seems to be enjoyin’ it
wunna my favorite burls (looks to be a squirrel sticken' his head out)
easy gettin' around in this stuff
gettin' spoiled
keep a fire
To match our November dusting…I guess
No complaints
But if this keeps up, summer of 2018 is gonna be fire crazy
Some pics;
in some southern regions I s'pose this'd be called 'high cotton'
The old spare leaning against the sea container seems to be enjoyin’ it
wunna my favorite burls (looks to be a squirrel sticken' his head out)
easy gettin' around in this stuff
gettin' spoiled
keep a fire
Lol, love the happy tire and squirrel! You have a nice cozy place there Gary! We're supposed to drop down to 30 tomorrow and get a little snow, promises, promises....we've had some already like you did, but just a dusting, not nearly enough to moisten things around here.
You have a nice cozy place there Gary! We're supposed to drop down to 30 tomorrow and get a little snow, promises, promises....we've had some already like you did, but just a dusting, not nearly enough to moisten things around here.wunner if this some sorta national trend
I'm literally dreaming of a white Christmas Gary.
Oh, we'll prolly get a white one (has yet to fail)
...aaand a cold one
-2°F right now
throwin' a log on the fire and goin' back ta bed
Couple days ‘fore Christmas and all we’ve got is another dusting
Wonder where Pollock got his inspiration….
snow people happen by
The clarity and gradual transformation of high desert hues is worth pause, no matter what you got goin’
The shop is my winter refuge
I’m on my second piece of cabinetry
The #@!#??!! jelly cupboard is not going well
RevE may be the final rendition
Won’t have a shortage of sawdust
fires to keep
Wonder where Pollock got his inspiration….
snow people happen by
The clarity and gradual transformation of high desert hues is worth pause, no matter what you got goin’
The shop is my winter refuge
I’m on my second piece of cabinetry
The #@!#??!! jelly cupboard is not going well
RevE may be the final rendition
Won’t have a shortage of sawdust
fires to keep
Simply put insight, when causing prose to rhyme, is best to me
Frost, was best of the best at that…to me
Thankyou for this, ol’ pard
I do love the incredulous caws of those black beings
Wisdom
Sometimes instinctive
Sometimes acquired thru trial, experience
Sometimes not a clue, ever
Seen folks come and go out here
The misty eyed, Disney movie dreaming, mentally misled usually find their dose of reality come winter
There’s a fairly nice camp trailer down the path, now abandoned.
For winter maybe.
Come spring, their eyes will harden.
Harden at the sight of what’s left of the roof of their crushed in RV.
Then
They’ll make a couple more visits
Then
The property will go back on the market
My lady has an on line acquaintance that’s determined to
‘Live off the land’
Little money
No experience
Husband zips around in an electric wheelchair
Expecting folks will help her
It’s all folks here can do to help themselves
The only saving grace for these types is the seasons will cut their dream short,
or,
not so kindly,
bitchslap them into reality with wind storm gusts to 80+ mph that’ll drop a tree where they started to build
sounds harsh, don’t it
may seem like maybe this geezer has gone ‘round the bend
may be
Thing is, these folks cause me to look inward
Sure, there’s satisfaction in what my lady and I have accomplished the last three years
However
We have suffered some
But
We’d do it again,
in a heartbeat
matter of fact, looking to buy the property next to us (elbow room) and planning (in my head) a 400-600’ bungalow at the edge of the meadow
wraparound deck, some covered, screened
windows galore
centralized kitchen, living area
I see it in my head
May never make the quad pad
May just commence to build
May have gone ‘round the bend…
Nawwww
I do, however, see a curve up ahead
May give the brakes a love tap
Or
Floorboard it
A very mild winter so far
Causes me to get out the Nikon and center on the little things
The fleeting, artsy things
Like
Icicles
I see;
Weird creatures in casual conversation
Deer on hind legs
Elk, moose (like Dali mighta dreamt up)
Latest fashion trends in lady’s heels
Angry cats
Other iceations Mother Nature has joyfully laid out to toy with whatever is left of a frontal lobe
(feel free to dub these yerself)
OK OK, I’m fully into the curve of the bend now
...and WILL floorboard it (no choice)
keep a fire
Sometimes instinctive
Sometimes acquired thru trial, experience
Sometimes not a clue, ever
Seen folks come and go out here
The misty eyed, Disney movie dreaming, mentally misled usually find their dose of reality come winter
There’s a fairly nice camp trailer down the path, now abandoned.
For winter maybe.
Come spring, their eyes will harden.
Harden at the sight of what’s left of the roof of their crushed in RV.
Then
They’ll make a couple more visits
Then
The property will go back on the market
My lady has an on line acquaintance that’s determined to
‘Live off the land’
Little money
No experience
Husband zips around in an electric wheelchair
Expecting folks will help her
It’s all folks here can do to help themselves
The only saving grace for these types is the seasons will cut their dream short,
or,
not so kindly,
bitchslap them into reality with wind storm gusts to 80+ mph that’ll drop a tree where they started to build
sounds harsh, don’t it
may seem like maybe this geezer has gone ‘round the bend
may be
Thing is, these folks cause me to look inward
Sure, there’s satisfaction in what my lady and I have accomplished the last three years
However
We have suffered some
But
We’d do it again,
in a heartbeat
matter of fact, looking to buy the property next to us (elbow room) and planning (in my head) a 400-600’ bungalow at the edge of the meadow
wraparound deck, some covered, screened
windows galore
centralized kitchen, living area
I see it in my head
May never make the quad pad
May just commence to build
May have gone ‘round the bend…
Nawwww
I do, however, see a curve up ahead
May give the brakes a love tap
Or
Floorboard it
A very mild winter so far
Causes me to get out the Nikon and center on the little things
The fleeting, artsy things
Like
Icicles
I see;
Weird creatures in casual conversation
Deer on hind legs
Elk, moose (like Dali mighta dreamt up)
Latest fashion trends in lady’s heels
Angry cats
Other iceations Mother Nature has joyfully laid out to toy with whatever is left of a frontal lobe
(feel free to dub these yerself)
OK OK, I’m fully into the curve of the bend now
...and WILL floorboard it (no choice)
keep a fire
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The earth stove commenced smoking so much we couldn’t add wood without getting a cabin full of smoke, not even crack the door.
Took all the pipe apart.
Knocked all the creosote out.
Little help.
Considered the ponderosa pine (probably a culprit, probably not cured)
Sites said adding more exterior pipe makes a world of difference.
Added a three foot section
No smoke.
Zero
Nada
Heh, been fighting 'some' cabin smoke for almost three years, thinking I’d screwed up not sending the pipe straight thru the roof
Resigned to the fact I’d be doing just that this summer.
Sprung for a length of exterior just to prove ‘em wrong.
$160
So glad they weren’t.
...and no, no snow
this date last year we had 4 1/2 feet accumulated
not unhappy about it...yet
anyway
I’m gonna add a support bracket for mental assurance, even though 5’ from the roof line is supposed to be OK without it.
Wind here can gust to 80 or more mph.
fires to keep
Took all the pipe apart.
Knocked all the creosote out.
Little help.
Considered the ponderosa pine (probably a culprit, probably not cured)
Sites said adding more exterior pipe makes a world of difference.
Added a three foot section
No smoke.
Zero
Nada
Heh, been fighting 'some' cabin smoke for almost three years, thinking I’d screwed up not sending the pipe straight thru the roof
Resigned to the fact I’d be doing just that this summer.
Sprung for a length of exterior just to prove ‘em wrong.
$160
So glad they weren’t.
...and no, no snow
this date last year we had 4 1/2 feet accumulated
not unhappy about it...yet
anyway
I’m gonna add a support bracket for mental assurance, even though 5’ from the roof line is supposed to be OK without it.
Wind here can gust to 80 or more mph.
fires to keep