SOLID WOOD BENCH

SOLID WOOD BENCH

A solid wood bench... perhaps a unique and simple use for a downed tree that sat around too long to be approved for structural use? This gets me thinking about other interior uses of "left-over" wood on the property: cut-off ends from longer sections, trees with too much sway, trunks with some...

DRIVEWAY RECONNAISSANCE

DRIVEWAY RECONNAISSANCE

The idea of a driveway became a bit more tangible today. After buying a roll of bright yellow flagging tape at a local hardware store, we walked the length of the existing old logging road into the property.  We bushwhacked its length while looking for the best entry curve and minimization of...

FIRST HOMESTEAD ON SITE

FIRST HOMESTEAD ON SITE

We completed our first home on the property: a tent. We selected a nice flat spot in the middle of the land, by the old Pacific yew and Douglas fir trees that Karen is standing between. It was very quiet and peaceful... Karen did not wear earplugs to sleep, for the first time in many years.

WE OWN WHIDBEY ISLAND LAND!!!

WE OWN WHIDBEY ISLAND LAND!!!

After 6 years of thinking about it, 3 years of actively pursuing it, and lots of unusual paths along the way, we finally own Whidbey Island land as of today! And it's land we love, with a great ecosystem, pretty location, and a size large enough to have some fun and privacy with. It seems amazing...