The kids and I made peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast and took them along with us on a quick early morning hike to the creek this morning. I love these cool spring dawns. I know the heat will be here soon enough.
For those who don't know, we bought 10 acres of woods on Bear Creek in southern Chatham County, NC a couple of years ago.
We like the idea of raising our kids in a place where they can run around in the woods, build forts, look at bugs and flowers, grow vegetables, have pigs and chickens (well...if Jeff gets his way, that is).
Jeff has long held the dream of building his own house and this place seemed the perfect location to finally realize that dream. We knew we wanted to try out some green building techniques (passive solar, for instance) and materials (we used SIPS panels for the house, along with locally and sustainably harvested wood). The house design has been evolving since its conception. We are nearing the finish line in phase one of the building. We have already decided on several changes we'll need to make before next winter, but for now, we are almost content to relax just a bit. Jeff has been splitting his time between being stay-at-home dad and building this house (and teaching, and doing other odd jobs) for a long time.
I hope Jeff will have a chance to get on here and post pictures of the house along with some commentary about the building process soon. But that, my pretties, is a post for another day.
Until then, let's all just enjoy the last drops of April.
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