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Chronological chronicles
Sunday,
October 10th 2010 : The fall color festival is almost over and the hunting season is opened, we have to keep Tara tied close to the house. The harvest is done, canning...
Friday, July 9th 2010 : What heatwave! But we've started working on the house again and I have a lot of things to tell you...
Thursay, January 14th 2010 : Best wishes to all... and here's my 2010 new year's resolution: write a chronicle! I know it's been too long...
Friday, July 3rd 2009 : Where's the sun? It's been raining for a week, everything is soaking wet and the river is at spring's snow melting levels...
Monday, April 13th 2009 : An early spring? The snow is all but melted and we're slowly crawling out of our lair. Still, we kept quite busy this winter...
Friday, December 12th 2008 : Snow storms and Holiday season! First we'd like to send our best wishes to all of you. Remember to find the time for a break...
Friday, September 5th 2008 : Summer, a little late? Finally a bit of hot and dry weather for the final sprint. Every year we seem to have so many things...
Friday, July 18th 2008 : Sunshine or rain? It's very hard to plan outdoor chores with the unstable weather we're getting this year. Things get a bit complicated...
Friday, May 23rd 2008 : Finally, spring! It's about time we woke up and gave some sign of life... at the urging of a some of you who demanded a new chronicle.
Thursday, November 8th 2007 : Ready to crawl back into our shell. No snow yet and we're happy about that. It was a big help in getting ready for winter. We did move back indoors...
Thursday, August 30th 2007 : The leaves are starting to change color. The blackberries are ripening. Summer is slowly turning into fall. Time is getting shorter, only 2 months left before it gets cold. Personally, I can't wait to go back to sleeping indoors, that's why...
Friday, July 27th 2007 : Finally, some nice and hot weather. It's ideal for all the mud to dry. With the help of the ten volunteers that showed up last week-end, things are moving along great. A huge THANK YOU to Annie and Dominique...
Friday, June 22nd 2007 : Time flies...and the progress seems slow to me. Obviously, changes are subtler this year since we're now in the never ending phase of the finish work...
Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 : Our third construction season! The return of the warm weather is finally giving me the energy and courage to get back to work and to the chronicles. We'll once again be moving our quarters to the shelter by the river and ...
Friday, January 19th 2007 : Fresh news! First, We'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, may your dreams come true in peace and happiness. At home, things are rather slow, we feel lazy and we're recuperationg for the next busy season...
Friday, October 6th 2006 : Wrapping up for winter! The main jobs are nearly done and we're officially shutting down the worksite for winter. The West wall was completed last week and Alain had a surprise for me last Friday...
Friday, September 22nd 2006 : Fall is today! And it shows... the colors arrived very early this year and the hill is a flamboyant mis of reds and yellows. Those who came to help last week-end sure got an eyeful. We got a lot done...
Friday, September 8th 2006 : A few little things! Actually, considering the size of the windows, installing them is no small thing! Of course, we didn't get to seal everything properly on the first try...
Friday, August 25th 2006 : Windows and rocks! NO! Don't worry, it's not what you think. The windows are fine, they're waiting patiently to be installed. The week-end was quite busy...
Friday, August 18th 2006 : A week of travels. It started Saturday with a long trip to Nominingue to get building materials, mostly electrical wires and insulating panels. We also got a tip to salvage some old blackboards...
Friday, August 11th 2006 : At a snail's pace! This week, things are a lot slower. We're making the window frames so we have to be careful not to make any mistakes...
Friday, August 4th 2006 : The roof is on! Installing the infamous beam went great; with the help of so many volunteers, noone had to exert themselves. We concluded it was a case of...
Friday, July 28th 2006 : The large beam for the front face. Everything is ready for the installation of the last beam. The columns are in place and all the joists are installed...
Friday, July 21st 2006 : Soon, a roof over our head. Melanie, Alexandre, Megan and Riley were with us last Sunday. To our great relief, they moved the remaining tires...
Friday, July 14th 2006 : "Bonne f?te" to our French cousins! And we lost our frenchman, Cyrille went home on Monday to get back to his own projects. We'll never thank him enough...
Friday, July 7th 2006 : Done with the walls; to the roof now! We completed the tire walls for now. we'll fill a few more tires in the outer wing walls before we can finish...
Friday, June 30th 2006 : Of rain and tires! The weather isn't on our side this year, we only manage to work about every other day. Nevertheless, we filled 40 tires...
Friday, June 23rd 2006 : Only 75 tires to go! As promised, here is the first weekly chronicle of our sprint to the finish. We added 2 more rows...
Monday, June 12th 2006 : We have a green light, all systems GO! Starting this week, you'll get brief weekly updates instead of the usual monthly chronicle. Many of you expressed ...
Thursday, May 11th 2006 : Great, full speed ahead for a new summer! It's this week that we're finally feeling things are starting to move. Tree buds are turning the hill a nice ...
Tuesday, April 3rd 2006 : The holidays are almost over! I hope your winter was as nice as ours? It was really a case of hibernation and adaptation to our new dwelling. A rhythm ...
Thursday, November 24th 2005 : Ready to hibernate. I left you a month ago with the cold weather threatening to turn us into eskimos. I'll reassure you right away, we're now in relative...
Friday, October 21st 2005 : Fall has arrived. I promised to write again before the snow gets here and I feel I can't wait much longer. There's been ground frost since the last full moon ...
Thursday, September 22nd 2005 : A time of change! Yes, the tires are taking a back seat. We did start on the back U (see the plan) but we'll be doing that part in our spare time...
Tuesday, August 23rd 2005 : One tire, two tires, three· The first question everyone asks is: Are you making progress? And the answer is always the same: We work at it so ...
Tuesday, July 26th 2005 : We have lift-off... We got our permit and filled our first tire Sunday. No, it's not dynamite on the picture, it's a candle! Daniel, who came to lend a hand...
Wednesday, June 29th 2005 : Home at last! We moved on Saturday as planned and we want to thank everyone for their precious help. Since you came in great numbers...
Thursday, June 9th 2005 : We're keeping busy, no problem with setting up camp but things are slow on the earthship side. We decided to go with Michael Shealy from Colorado as...
Monday May 16th 2005 : We're now in high gear but still riding the roller coaster· After studying our sketch and the details of our project, the architect made a quote for his services...
Tuesday, April 12th 2005 : Everything is coming out of the deep freeze. The roads are barely passable because of the mud and the Chemin des Escargots is slowly emerging...
Sunday, March 13th, 2005 : We get together again after another 3 months of running around in circles in the big dipper. Once again we had decided last week to drop everything ·
Thursday, December 3rd 2004 : Quickly, I must bring you up to date with the recent developments and discoveries. Most importantly we are making progress with municipal ...
Friday, August 27th, 2004 : Already back to school and 2 months have gone by since you heard from us. The pictures showing the digging at the new spot for the house are ...
Thursday, June 24th, 2004 : Another month has gone by, and to tell it all, many more will go by before the walls start rising. We have renewed our lease, and are still looking ...
Friday, May 28th 2004 : You may wish us a happy anniversary, it is now three years that we have been wed, and it seems that the construction of our house and all the time ...
Friday, April 9th 2004 : Finally, things are starting to move. I had the feeling that everything was frozen for the last 2 months. My mood shifted between: "we'll never be ready" ...
Sunday, January 18th, 2004 : Working outdoors is definitely out of the question these days! With the cold spells we had recently, I rarely even had the guts to go snowshoeing ...
Friday, December 19, 2003 : It's becoming difficult to work outdoors, in the last week over a foot of snow has covered everything. We did mange to fell a good number of trees ...
November 29th 2003 : 3 more weeks have passed and the weather has been mostly cooperative even though our schedule hasn't been ideal to take advantage of it. Rain or ...
Monday, November 3rd 2003 : Snow has finally melted after a week of rain! Not many opportunities to go work outside since last Wednesday October 29th. It was a superb day: we had ...
Tuesday, October 21st 2003 : Already 3 weeks since we moved; time flies, things are falling into place and $$$ fly away as quickly as dead leaves. Hopefully everything will calm ...
Friday, July 9th 2010 : What heatwave! But we've started working on the house again and I have a lot of things to tell you...
Thursay, January 14th 2010 : Best wishes to all... and here's my 2010 new year's resolution: write a chronicle! I know it's been too long...
Friday, July 3rd 2009 : Where's the sun? It's been raining for a week, everything is soaking wet and the river is at spring's snow melting levels...
Monday, April 13th 2009 : An early spring? The snow is all but melted and we're slowly crawling out of our lair. Still, we kept quite busy this winter...
Friday, December 12th 2008 : Snow storms and Holiday season! First we'd like to send our best wishes to all of you. Remember to find the time for a break...
Friday, September 5th 2008 : Summer, a little late? Finally a bit of hot and dry weather for the final sprint. Every year we seem to have so many things...
Friday, July 18th 2008 : Sunshine or rain? It's very hard to plan outdoor chores with the unstable weather we're getting this year. Things get a bit complicated...
Friday, May 23rd 2008 : Finally, spring! It's about time we woke up and gave some sign of life... at the urging of a some of you who demanded a new chronicle.
Thursday, November 8th 2007 : Ready to crawl back into our shell. No snow yet and we're happy about that. It was a big help in getting ready for winter. We did move back indoors...
Thursday, August 30th 2007 : The leaves are starting to change color. The blackberries are ripening. Summer is slowly turning into fall. Time is getting shorter, only 2 months left before it gets cold. Personally, I can't wait to go back to sleeping indoors, that's why...
Friday, July 27th 2007 : Finally, some nice and hot weather. It's ideal for all the mud to dry. With the help of the ten volunteers that showed up last week-end, things are moving along great. A huge THANK YOU to Annie and Dominique...
Friday, June 22nd 2007 : Time flies...and the progress seems slow to me. Obviously, changes are subtler this year since we're now in the never ending phase of the finish work...
Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 : Our third construction season! The return of the warm weather is finally giving me the energy and courage to get back to work and to the chronicles. We'll once again be moving our quarters to the shelter by the river and ...
Friday, January 19th 2007 : Fresh news! First, We'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, may your dreams come true in peace and happiness. At home, things are rather slow, we feel lazy and we're recuperationg for the next busy season...
Friday, October 6th 2006 : Wrapping up for winter! The main jobs are nearly done and we're officially shutting down the worksite for winter. The West wall was completed last week and Alain had a surprise for me last Friday...
Friday, September 22nd 2006 : Fall is today! And it shows... the colors arrived very early this year and the hill is a flamboyant mis of reds and yellows. Those who came to help last week-end sure got an eyeful. We got a lot done...
Friday, September 8th 2006 : A few little things! Actually, considering the size of the windows, installing them is no small thing! Of course, we didn't get to seal everything properly on the first try...
Friday, August 25th 2006 : Windows and rocks! NO! Don't worry, it's not what you think. The windows are fine, they're waiting patiently to be installed. The week-end was quite busy...
Friday, August 18th 2006 : A week of travels. It started Saturday with a long trip to Nominingue to get building materials, mostly electrical wires and insulating panels. We also got a tip to salvage some old blackboards...
Friday, August 11th 2006 : At a snail's pace! This week, things are a lot slower. We're making the window frames so we have to be careful not to make any mistakes...
Friday, August 4th 2006 : The roof is on! Installing the infamous beam went great; with the help of so many volunteers, noone had to exert themselves. We concluded it was a case of...
Friday, July 28th 2006 : The large beam for the front face. Everything is ready for the installation of the last beam. The columns are in place and all the joists are installed...
Friday, July 21st 2006 : Soon, a roof over our head. Melanie, Alexandre, Megan and Riley were with us last Sunday. To our great relief, they moved the remaining tires...
Friday, July 14th 2006 : "Bonne f?te" to our French cousins! And we lost our frenchman, Cyrille went home on Monday to get back to his own projects. We'll never thank him enough...
Friday, July 7th 2006 : Done with the walls; to the roof now! We completed the tire walls for now. we'll fill a few more tires in the outer wing walls before we can finish...
Friday, June 30th 2006 : Of rain and tires! The weather isn't on our side this year, we only manage to work about every other day. Nevertheless, we filled 40 tires...
Friday, June 23rd 2006 : Only 75 tires to go! As promised, here is the first weekly chronicle of our sprint to the finish. We added 2 more rows...
Monday, June 12th 2006 : We have a green light, all systems GO! Starting this week, you'll get brief weekly updates instead of the usual monthly chronicle. Many of you expressed ...
Thursday, May 11th 2006 : Great, full speed ahead for a new summer! It's this week that we're finally feeling things are starting to move. Tree buds are turning the hill a nice ...
Tuesday, April 3rd 2006 : The holidays are almost over! I hope your winter was as nice as ours? It was really a case of hibernation and adaptation to our new dwelling. A rhythm ...
Thursday, November 24th 2005 : Ready to hibernate. I left you a month ago with the cold weather threatening to turn us into eskimos. I'll reassure you right away, we're now in relative...
Friday, October 21st 2005 : Fall has arrived. I promised to write again before the snow gets here and I feel I can't wait much longer. There's been ground frost since the last full moon ...
Thursday, September 22nd 2005 : A time of change! Yes, the tires are taking a back seat. We did start on the back U (see the plan) but we'll be doing that part in our spare time...
Tuesday, August 23rd 2005 : One tire, two tires, three· The first question everyone asks is: Are you making progress? And the answer is always the same: We work at it so ...
Tuesday, July 26th 2005 : We have lift-off... We got our permit and filled our first tire Sunday. No, it's not dynamite on the picture, it's a candle! Daniel, who came to lend a hand...
Wednesday, June 29th 2005 : Home at last! We moved on Saturday as planned and we want to thank everyone for their precious help. Since you came in great numbers...
Thursday, June 9th 2005 : We're keeping busy, no problem with setting up camp but things are slow on the earthship side. We decided to go with Michael Shealy from Colorado as...
Monday May 16th 2005 : We're now in high gear but still riding the roller coaster· After studying our sketch and the details of our project, the architect made a quote for his services...
Tuesday, April 12th 2005 : Everything is coming out of the deep freeze. The roads are barely passable because of the mud and the Chemin des Escargots is slowly emerging...
Sunday, March 13th, 2005 : We get together again after another 3 months of running around in circles in the big dipper. Once again we had decided last week to drop everything ·
Thursday, December 3rd 2004 : Quickly, I must bring you up to date with the recent developments and discoveries. Most importantly we are making progress with municipal ...
Friday, August 27th, 2004 : Already back to school and 2 months have gone by since you heard from us. The pictures showing the digging at the new spot for the house are ...
Thursday, June 24th, 2004 : Another month has gone by, and to tell it all, many more will go by before the walls start rising. We have renewed our lease, and are still looking ...
Friday, May 28th 2004 : You may wish us a happy anniversary, it is now three years that we have been wed, and it seems that the construction of our house and all the time ...
Friday, April 9th 2004 : Finally, things are starting to move. I had the feeling that everything was frozen for the last 2 months. My mood shifted between: "we'll never be ready" ...
Sunday, January 18th, 2004 : Working outdoors is definitely out of the question these days! With the cold spells we had recently, I rarely even had the guts to go snowshoeing ...
Friday, December 19, 2003 : It's becoming difficult to work outdoors, in the last week over a foot of snow has covered everything. We did mange to fell a good number of trees ...
November 29th 2003 : 3 more weeks have passed and the weather has been mostly cooperative even though our schedule hasn't been ideal to take advantage of it. Rain or ...
Monday, November 3rd 2003 : Snow has finally melted after a week of rain! Not many opportunities to go work outside since last Wednesday October 29th. It was a superb day: we had ...
Tuesday, October 21st 2003 : Already 3 weeks since we moved; time flies, things are falling into place and $$$ fly away as quickly as dead leaves. Hopefully everything will calm ...