Have you ever read old, early 1900’s, books? They are written with a flare that, I at least think, is inpiring. Recently I found Cornell.edu‘s The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture. These are written in the same style I mentioned and are all about America’s agricultural history starting in the 1620’s to 1999. It’s a…
Dave Wilson Nursery informational videos
Lots of videos on tree pruning, maintenance and planting from the Dave Wilson Nursery’s YouTube Channel
Picture This: Topanga Caterpillar
White-marked Tussock Moth Unknown caterpillar found cruising around the yard. There were dozens of these for a while and then all gone. Never got to see what they turn into… [Update] Looks like this might be a Orgyia leucostigma or White-marked Tussock Moth. Though they are supposed to not go farther west than Texas, I…
Reclaiming the commons and building community in Highland Park
Reclaiming the commons and building community in Highland Park
Picture This: Macro Jumping Spider
Macro photo of a Phidippus Otiosus jumping spider
So, we’ve been house-less for about a month and a half now. Not as bad as you might think. We have money saved, jobs, and all our stuff; just not a house to rest in at night. We had decided to move up north, but it just has not worked out. Erin’s work has been featured on, not one, but two very popular photography pages and is getting lots of requests for photo shoots, so it does not seem logical to uproot right now.
We almost did a four month internship with Michael G. Smith. Organic farmer, natural builder extraordinaire, and all around great person. However, after three days helping out at the farm, we realized it would not work out with our current job arrangements so had to put that on the back burner.
Now, even though our friends are being more than supportive and the fifth wheel is safely stored, we are feeling the pressure of not having a place of our own. Luckily it looks as though starting April, we’ll have a new place. This is still off grid but has solar panels and city water. It looks very promising and has a horse stable with an old, mostly gutted, airstream (kind of like this one) and random structures on it. I can make it work and will have a blast in the process.
For now though, I am blessed to have a wonderfull wife and puppy. So home is where the heart is…