June 20, 2011 Photos

Some new photos from past weekend. Carpenter Brad K. did this cleverly integrated new work including doors, table, screened porch knee-wall and water collection system. Maybe it will all be finished by late July (?)...but is it ever finished? And the final details are worth the wait. Spent the weekend barbecuing and hauling out brush and wood debris, making paths through the woods; put up the old tent, and waxed the canoe.



New doors and amazing table with built-in benches



Screened porch almost finished; close-up of gutters to water collection system



Solar power panels and propane tank / battery / generator shed



Solar battery array / water collection tank / water pressure tank / on-demand water heater

The old tent is back up; gonna put a real bed in there for swooning



Print of Vermont-like logging industry, see timeline



Wild orchids called Pink Lady's Slipper outside cabin, see more



Crazy abundance of lichens and mosses cover everything



Porch and pooch

nesting vid

After living in a tent on this same spot for five years, this is a major change

The Landing

thrift store painting modified with Katamari space ball and astronauts

April 9th 2011

We spent our first real weekend of 2011 in the cabin and it is coming together beautifully. We are very thankful to Keone, Keith, Will, Colin and our neighbors who helped make it happen. It has been a year since construction began, but worth the wait. The kitchen counters and windows are in, and the finished exterior doors are coming soon. The snow is just starting to melt and mud season has begun... We spent last weekend trimming the windows and settling in, but work will continue for a month or two... The porch will be screened-in by the time the May flies come!

How to get there...

REFRIGERATION with Solar Power

The whole camp runs on SOLAR POWER (with a large battery system and propane generator back-up) that means no standard refrigerator. "Sunfrost" refrigerators use 1/5 the power--they have about 4 inches of insulation and run with no fans. See Sunfrost Refrigeratators at http://www.sunfrost.com/


This fridge is custom built by clever elves in Arcata, California... just ordered one today.

Halloween at Lolly Willows!

Construction continues on the cabin... It's looking just as imagined but better, very bright inside with all the windows. The shell is complete and most of the roof is on. By Thanksgiving it will have heat and be habitable, but work will continue through winter. ( Click to enlarge photos)

Not completely dressed yet: Lolly is waiting for her hip roof on the west side and a stained glass diamond-shaped window under the eave.



Click to enlarge the winter wonderland view... Jay Peak is already ski-able.



Haunted?




The old campsite needs to be dismantled before the avalanche comes
Miniatures for strength.


Pine flooring to go in last. The wood stove is ready to be fired up.



Pesky blood sucking gobblins

Pumpkin at the Pine Crest Motel.

Taxidermy human head


Jay Peak is waiting...bunny slopes?