05-13-2005, 08:45 AM
David: good luck! I hope you get things the way you want. Wish I had found that before I obligated myself to do it this way; would have saved a bundle.
General: Yesterday I worked in the garden. Wearing my Eddie Bauer sandals, a waterproof wraparound body type, was a major mistake. With feet wet, compost and such got into them and ground around against my feet. By the time I got home I had red raw spots along the arch of both feet. Painful mistake. However, there are new plants breaking ground and I expect that within a few weeks the garden will be rich and rewarding. Already the staggered corn is rising in height. There is grat joy in these little successes.
A new friend and neighbor brought me a wonderful banana plant. it's a special type and only two other people on the island grow them. It feels fulfilling to be given such a gift.
Chris has the floor in and has begun framing walls for the downstairs portion of the little cabin. Windows donated by Art & Orchid's B&B from their remodel are giving wonderful light to this otherwise cave like , low ceilinged portion of the structure. Bunks are going in at one end for kids, workers or whomever....again it is fun to see the progress.
I have a new book about composting toilets. A new friend here is using one and perfecting his design. I think we will build a seprate bath and toilet house for use by cabin occupants. It reminds me of the dreams so many of us had in the early seventies of going off into the wilds and living primitively. Perhaps that is what fuels my activities... a subliminal return to those teen years filled with hopes and dreams. Even the Aloha spirit welcoming all to come together feeds that old dream.
Mahalo for your interest and support. And by the way, if ANY of you do any remodeling in your new homes and condos, keep me in mind for recycling the materials you rip out. We have windows, roofing, lumber, plywood, sheetmetal, cabinetry and any number of other materials that we are recycling. It is great not to fill the landfills but to reuse everything possible. If you have anything to offer we can pick it up. contact pslamont@yahoo.com
Mahalo
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
General: Yesterday I worked in the garden. Wearing my Eddie Bauer sandals, a waterproof wraparound body type, was a major mistake. With feet wet, compost and such got into them and ground around against my feet. By the time I got home I had red raw spots along the arch of both feet. Painful mistake. However, there are new plants breaking ground and I expect that within a few weeks the garden will be rich and rewarding. Already the staggered corn is rising in height. There is grat joy in these little successes.
A new friend and neighbor brought me a wonderful banana plant. it's a special type and only two other people on the island grow them. It feels fulfilling to be given such a gift.
Chris has the floor in and has begun framing walls for the downstairs portion of the little cabin. Windows donated by Art & Orchid's B&B from their remodel are giving wonderful light to this otherwise cave like , low ceilinged portion of the structure. Bunks are going in at one end for kids, workers or whomever....again it is fun to see the progress.
I have a new book about composting toilets. A new friend here is using one and perfecting his design. I think we will build a seprate bath and toilet house for use by cabin occupants. It reminds me of the dreams so many of us had in the early seventies of going off into the wilds and living primitively. Perhaps that is what fuels my activities... a subliminal return to those teen years filled with hopes and dreams. Even the Aloha spirit welcoming all to come together feeds that old dream.
Mahalo for your interest and support. And by the way, if ANY of you do any remodeling in your new homes and condos, keep me in mind for recycling the materials you rip out. We have windows, roofing, lumber, plywood, sheetmetal, cabinetry and any number of other materials that we are recycling. It is great not to fill the landfills but to reuse everything possible. If you have anything to offer we can pick it up. contact pslamont@yahoo.com
Mahalo
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"