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Fire light
It was a perfect night for a perfect fire.
Jun 15, 20181 min read


Ready for guests
It threatened to rain all day but with a tarp suspended overhead I was able to complete a smaller guest tent platform.
Jun 13, 20181 min read


Tree dominoes
We lost 3 large pine trees in the recent wind storms. It looks like the first one fell and took two more in sequence.
Jun 7, 20181 min read


They are in
It was a long day but all the trees are in the ground. A bit of a rush job since we are traveling for the next few weeks.......
Apr 29, 20181 min read


Impulse purchase
Sometime during the winter we were introduced to the NYS program to purchase baby trees. On a whim we thought it would be fun to have a...
Apr 27, 20181 min read


Spring is here
The trees are starting to bud with these fun red bursts.
Apr 18, 20181 min read


First signs of life
The snow is melting and the skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to poke itself out of the ground the through the snow. These are...
Mar 27, 20181 min read


A bit of late March snow
It's March but we have been getting a lot of snow still. stopped past the property and it looks like everything survived the winter well.
Mar 27, 20181 min read


Nature Provides a Crossing
I was planning to build a bridge over our stream but nature has provided. A recent wind storm brought down a big tree across the water.
Jan 26, 20181 min read


Winter sunset
An amazing winter sunset from our hill top setting.
Nov 24, 20171 min read


Trees made for hugging
We discovered our new favorite tree today. A beautiful big twin Sycamore tree down by the stream.
Oct 25, 20171 min read


Amazing greens
The wet summer has left the moss thriving late into fall making it really pop against the fall leaves.
Oct 25, 20171 min read


Roughing it
yum! nothing like a eggs and bacon breakfast!
Oct 21, 20171 min read


Dressing up the camp site
broke out the chain saw today and cut a few stools and a bench from a dead tree.
Sep 28, 20171 min read


Fall has arrived
Fall is here so we figured we would add a little color around the shed.
Sep 17, 20171 min read


Upping my game on camp dinners
Its getting cold as fall arrives and a hot stir fry hit the spot along with a nice glass of wine.
Sep 16, 20171 min read


We have running water
Today I added a rain water collection system to the shed.
Aug 20, 20171 min read


Its complete
The shed is complete "mostly".. ok, i'm still missing a few door handles.
Aug 15, 20171 min read


Aug 9, 20170 min read


It actually fits
Amazing.. an 8ft piece of lumber just fits in the Subaru. Absolutely no room to spare.
Aug 8, 20171 min read
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