The sunset at THO on 11.11.12 was very unique. I took a lot of photos of it, in hope that many would be better able to convey the magnificent closure of Remembrance 2012.
I take the day to remember those individuals whose lives are and were impacted because of war. I believe that any person who thinks, suffers because of war. But in the scope of suffering even our worst thoughts cannot bring to us the greatness of suffering, experienced by those who are first hand touched by war.
When we arrived at Tiny House Ontario yesterday it was grey and cold. Too with all the leaves now on the ground the trees reach up to the sky silently. It felt very barren certainly when compared to the fall with all its deep colours and noisy fluttering. It is the first time back after the very rushed cloth porch roof job so I had worried when Hurricane Sandy came. I thought that we would find a lot of fallen trees and debris blown away because my building supply pile was not put away very well.
There were no trees uprooted; not even the huge Tim Burton tree, Clyde, was harmed at my place by Sandy. But, there was a huge mess around the East side of THO. Today the weather was absolutely gorgeous so Hj and I worked out there getting tidied up. He brought in a number of wheel barrel loads of gravel and I levelled it out. Then I moved the barrels, and storage boxes into the corner, together we relocated left over building supplies. It looks much tidier, but still it looks like like a lot of stuff against THO!
I really dislike the look of the tarp too, on the cloth porch – It is ugly and tacky. Still, it is entirely practical! It is open enough to cook with the BBQ there but dry as a bone!
I would like to be able to tuck things away a lot more unseen at THO but sadly, I don’t think a shed is in the cards for next year either. Perhaps I will find a use for all of my left over materials next spring so I won’t need a pile?
Arrived at Tiny House Ontario and made great time. No problems on the 401 today. Woot!
Cold here when we arrived. When you arrive in a cold house it takes a long time to warm it up but then once THO gets warm it is easy to keep that way. It would be great to have a wood stove so it would be faster to get it warm. It turns out that there is one that might actually work. I will keep you posted on this.
As soon as I got there, I lit the propane camp stove and lots of candles too. I wanted to get it toasty warm so that I would be able to leave THO for a couple of hours to attend a farewell event for my cousin and his family who are jumping countries – Canada to Australia. Turns out we could not get it warm so the dogs came along. I left the heat on and hope it will be toasty when we all get back. Wish us luck!
Here it is at THO this afternoon. Everyone had coats on, including the pack.
Hitting the highway now back to Tiny House Ontario!
Woot! Not about the highway – just about getting home.
This ahead of me, makes me cringe.
Here is a one hour documentary from Les Stroud about the life that he and Sue chose for themselves.
Enjoy!
Thanks Les! xo L
Tiny House Ontario 