There is a 12 year old girl out of Georgia, who with the help of her parents is building a Tiny House of her own design.
La Petite Maison is her blog.
I don’t know her name but I wish her the best of luck!
xo L
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Persons
Today, October 18, 2012, I venture off the topic of Tiny Houses to recognize my status as a PERSON in Canada. You may or may not know that women have been persons under Canadian law for only 83 years – since 1929. When my grandmothers were born, they were not persons.
I just wanted to holler out a huge thank you to the women that fought this good fight.
- Emily Murphy
- Henrietta Muir Edwards
- Irene Marryat Parlby
- Louise McKinney
- Nellie McClung
I also want to remind myself that well behaved people who follow every rule change nothing.
While I am speaking about the issue of challenging the status quo, I also want to holler out to Texas Tiny Houses who on their Facebook wall, are currently speaking out not just about the way that we live, the waste that we produce and offering people alternatives, but who also began to speak out about the legalization of marijuana. While, I am not a smoker myself; as a matter of fact I am nearly deathly allergic to all aspects of the hemp plant. I still believe that banning it is as silly as banning chamomile tea – BUT… it does not matter what I believe!
What I mean is that even though I don’t always agree with those who are protesting, and even though we do not always believe the same things, I am glad that there are people who stand up for change! I am glad that we (still) live in a democracy and I am really glad to be recognized as a person.
I can make this post and make these comments only because we have democracy here in Canada, and I want to be among those who care about protecting it.
Thanks again to these late great women who have changed our lives! xo L
“Never retreat, never explain, never apologize–get the thing done and let them howl.” ~ Nellie McClung
Categories: Friendship, Open your eyes, Rules, Tiny House Ontario, View
Tags: legalization of marijuana, politics, society
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Crying in the Rain
When we left Tiny House Ontario it was raining all day. We had not planned on closing up for the season quite yet, but I will not go back for a couple of weeks and it has been unseasonably cold. As a caution, I thought I better take all liquids out of the house as well as to empty the rain barrel. Simple reason, I don’t want things to be ruined by freezing nor or by freezing and thawing.
The car was pretty full because of having the last chair in there already. This meant that the battery operated stuff will have to come back to Hamilton on the next trip. Flash lights, drill, radio, solar lights and battery from the bike will all come here for the winter on the next trip and after this we only get back from time to time.
There is not much of 2012 left as far as THO season goes… I hate to leave there. With it raining and grey it feels like the sky is crying.
THO Floor Space
Finally! THO has floor space! Making the Tiny House bigger is something that I have been working on for a while now. I did not want to build on so the only solution was to downsize the stuff that I keep in the place. After getting the Tiny adaptable table that my cousin Vernie built, I started getting rid of the table and chairs inside and now finally they are removed. I can’t believe how HUGE the place feels now!
Categories: Off Grid, Ontario, Simple living, Sustainable living, Tiny House Ontario, Trade, View
Tags: Space
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The New Cloth Porch
It is not exactly a new room but the same Cloth Porch with a bit of a change up as well as a cold weather transition. I attached a bunch of 2×8’s to the roof which Hj handed up to me, then tarped some of it, and just as it started to rain we lifted the BBQ inside. It was totally awesome! It was pissing rain outside and there I was tucked safely under the newly tarped roof, dry and cozy cooking supper. We worked on the meal and tidying up the construction mess while things were cooking. We both felt happy to have the porch at least semi set up so that we could work through the stuff that had to be done, dry and cozy.
We had rice with a few remaining garden veggies in a red pepper and coconut cream sauce. I had tea and the big German had a beer. I have to tell you supper was totally yum! You know what I mean, food is always so good after fresh air and a good day of work.
I decided in the night that I am not going to tarp the rest rather I am actually going to cut down the South facing tarp and I will cover the rest with thick vapour barrier plastic. Not exactly the prettiest stuff but it will allow light in, so this is a better solution I think.
This morning we fixed up the screen door which after two summers with little dogs pushing on it had let go of the screen. I just put the screen back in and screwed some 1×2 alone the entire rubber bead. Works again like a charm! This winter it too will be plastic coated. Not today though, we are back on the highway soon, as you see by the photos it is pissing rain here so we will lock the doors again and won’t be back for a couple of weeks in order to finish what we started.
Categories: Cloth Porch, Forest, Off Grid, Ontario, Simple living, Tiny House Ontario, View
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