I have been remiss in posting the rest of the Guest Cabin/Bunkhouse pics. And boy have I gotten an earful about it! Although the inside is not completely finished yet, it’s still perfectly useable and comfortable. front back front door and bead board paneling on lower walls large [...]
Progress often comes more slowly than we’d like, but like the rings of a tree reveal, slow growth is sometimes better than fast. When the growth rings are spaced far apart it means growth took place quite fast. This could mean a weak tree; lumber milled from such timber might mean it is not as [...]
I love cooking on a simple wood stove! Whether it is cowboy coffee (boiled), pancakes (hot cakes, griddle cakes… whatever you call them!), fried eggs, grilled cheese sandwiches or what have you, the final result always seems to taste so much better! Recall the old saying that one has “slaved all day over a hot [...]
A friend recently asked what we would do different. The short answer is ideally there are quite a few things, but realistically we did what we had to do, in the time we had to do it, with the resources we had. There is the absolute need to learn from the successes and mistakes of [...]
My favorite sure sign of spring is when the Mountain Bluebird returns. Well, they came back on the 12th, in all their blue glory! The temperatures have been in the low 50's during the day which means most all the snow, and ice, is melted. It also means the hillsides are taking on a [...]
