friends'n'family

Day off - headed down south to visit with some friends.  Mr. Floppy was standing guard when I got home.  Got my order of Tiny Homes books.  The box took a beating in the mail and I lost 6 of the mini versions of the book.  Sent off an email to Shelter Publications and they are gonna make it right for me.  Got some packaged to send off for late Christmas presents.  56,73,33,0,C

office day

GrubShack breakfast then spent the morning cleaning out my truck - I've kinda let it go in there.  Found junk mail from over a year ago and a couple of wrenches I've been looking for.  The 3 years of dust and dirt I will deal with another time.  Lengthy tour at noon for my friend Canadian Tony and his sister and brother in law.  Benita was in good form for the event.  Got an email today from Lloyd Kahn with the rough layout of my pages in his new book about tiny houses.  Started searching the archives for high resolution Field Lab images to send him. I gotta lotta pictures to sift through.  UPS dropped off my new solar powered led's for the 2010 holiday light show.  Fantastic Christmas card in the mail today from my new best friend (due to receive some free FL postcards!) Andrea Torres.  48,71,33,0,C

the strange path

Early morning bread baking.  Mixed up a double batch of the basic "no knead" recipe last night.   Almost had a tragedy - the lid stuck on my first batch in the clay cooker.  Let it cool for awhile then easily pried the lid off - then popped it back into the grill for about 10 minutes at 400 degrees.  My fears of a ruined loaf and a broken vessel went away - all was well in breadland.  I took the loaf to the GrubShack, had a BLT with a couple of slices, and donated the rest for them to share.  In return, Eva gave me a freebie on today's sandwich.   Too windy and hot to paint today so I hunkered down with a book.

Early this month, I was contacted by Lloyd Kahn.  http://lloydkahn.com/  Seems he is working on a new book about tiny houses and would like to include the Field Lab.http://www.shelterpub.com/
He sent me his latest book which I just received in the mail yesterday and I couldn't put it down this afternoon.  It really took me back in time.  I bought his first book when I was in high school and all these years later - we are suddenly in contact.   I used to spend hours in the bookstore checking out these kinds of alternative houses - what I always thought of as "hippy houses".  Perhaps someday I will build and live in a house like that, I used to think.  Always wondered that those people were like.  Hmmmm - and now I know because I seem to be one of them.  Too many new ideas now for the future guest quarters.  85,98,74, .10",W
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