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About Laura

Laura is an Artist who lives in Guelph Ontario. She is interested in societal equality, beauty, architecture, philosophy, feminism, people watching, dogs, animal rescue, ecology, as well as the generational ties between people. Laura has always been interested in peace and because she loves animals she is vegan. https://www.instagram.com/atelieroflauraleemoreland/ https://www.facebook.com/AtelierofLauraLeeMoreland https://atelieroflauraleemoreland.com

Tie a Yellow Ribbon…

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Laura

My cousin Beth’s husband Paul is returning from being stationed in Kabul.  I thought, since Tiny House Ontario has a HUGE oak tree (named Bonny) that we would welcome Paul back home by putting a huge yellow ribbon on her.

At the store I purchased two-and a half inch wide, satin yellow ribbon, in a 12 foot long roll.  I imagined Bonny with a lovely big yellow bow to flamboyantly welcome Paul home!  It made me happy to think about and be able to do a little something to acknowledge the sacrifices that he and Beth make.

I went to tie the ribbon on, only then did I realized that Bonny is not just huge but something beyond huge.  So there was not enough ribbon left after going around her big trunk to make a nice bow.

Actually, there was not even enough ribbon to go all the way around Bonny!

Bonny is apparently 14-15 feet around!  So I tied a piece of red ribbon in there for the rest of Canada so that we could all welcome him home.  He will only be here for a short time before he has to return.

God speed to you Paul.

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Chocolate Coating

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Laura

Leo and Kyle were back at work again early this morning.

First they got the West wall done.

Then they finished up the East wall.

They did not do the South wall over the cloth porch for two reasons, firstly, I neglected to order enough J-trim and secondly I did not buy fabric to recover the cloth porch which will need to have the ceiling cut out so that they can work.  Kyle is going to bend a piece of J trim, eves trough and facia panels for the in-house.  They will be back to finish the week after next and I will update you then.

These men never stopped all day.  Finally at the end of the work day in the heat and humidity, the father and son team cracked a well deserved cold one.  I hope it was yummy!

After the men left, I took a photo, as you can see Tiny House Ontario is brown and lovely like a big brick of Cadbury chocolate, perhaps I should paint candy canes on the corner and have my chainsaw artist friend Steven Kenzora (from Peterborough) carve me some large gumdrops for corner cornices so it looks a little like the witch’s house in the famous German fairy tale?

I am happy that it is done on three sides and also that everything is tidy!  If you visit after the rain, the blue chalk lines will be already washed away.

A huge thanks to Leo and Kyle for their great work!

Categories: Cloth Porch, Off Grid, Ontario, Tiny House Ontario | 1 Comment

Steeling Chocolate!

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Laura

My childhood friend Allan calls Tiny House Ontario “The Chocolate Shed”.  For those of you who don’t know me… this is owing to my huge addiction to Cadbury chocolate.  When I looked at the photos for the first time, it suddenly dawned on me that I picked steel that is the same colour as my favourite food group.  I think that Allan will like this!

It was raining the morning; even so the men arrived to put the steel up on Tiny House.  They said better a little rain then the horrible heat we have been having and got right to work!

Getting the corner and J-trim on took quite some time, but by 11:00 they were getting the first big sheet on.

Tiny House looks TINY against these big lads!  By the way, ladies, the young lad in blue (Kyle) is quiet, fit, handsome, handy, 28 and SINGLE.

The front of the house was the first side which was finished.

Then Leo and Kyle worked on the East Side of Tiny House Ontario but it is 5:00 pm so they packed up for the day and may come back tomorrow to get the rest up.  It won’t take as long because the trim and corners are already cut so it is just the sheets that need to be put up.

It changes the look of the place as you come down the driveway, that is for sure!

Categories: Off Grid, Ontario, Tiny House Ontario | 4 Comments

Snake Face Worm Dude

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Laura

You all know by now that I am not a huge fan of insects/worms/creepy-crawly things…

This guy keeps moving back into the cloth porch.

My friend Liisa thinks that it is BEAUTIFUL.  I am not afraid, because dude is much to slow moving, still I am not convinced that it is beautiful as much as it is sort of interesting as long as it is at arms length.  This fat worm dude is about the size of a tomato worm and has a snake’s face and head…

Anyone know specifically what it is and what it will become if it goes to another phase?

 

 

Categories: Cloth Porch, Forest, Nature, Ontario, Simple living, Tiny House Ontario | 1 Comment

Alphasmart

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Laura

I finally ordered a Neo 2 Alphasmart to use for my writing.  I have a number of writer friends who own, and LOVE them.  They are basically just word-processing computers that work on batteries that seemingly last forever.  I have already used it for my writing and have found that it is fantastic because it has the ease of use of a computer without the weight and also without any distraction.  One of my friends did two NANOWRIMO years with his and did not have to change the batteries.  This was the clincher for me.

When I ordered it the person in Vancouver said that it would be a week getting here but it was significantly faster than that.  I picked it up from my Aunt’s house in town yesterday, because Tiny House Ontario does not really have an address and when I ordered my eyeglass prescription last year, they delivered it to my neighbour –  who gave it to me two weeks after they arrived.  Using my Aunt’s address was a significant improvement!

Today was the first time that I had the opportunity to use my new word processor  and I am happy to say that I wrote about five pages of text that I am really happy with.  These will become a part of the novel that I am working on.  Outside of my obvious blogging, this is the first good solid writing I have done this year.

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