The Stay @ Home-Gardener: electrician

On June 20th I took ownership of these 3 acres of mountain ranch land. At that time, I had already been digging and surveying the land. Believe it was around the 15th when the foundation piers were being augered in. The posts were raised for the solar panels around the 27th. The actual raising of most of the Tiny House (aside from the long process of concrete work) has only been around two weeks in. Guess what I think of as not accomplishing much and a slow, lazy build is moving along faster than thought. Today is Thursday, July 11th.

I am marking it down as a month (over 3 but under 4 weeks - 25 days) into the construction phase of implementing my off-grid-Low-overhead- self-reliance dream.

There is only a handful of photos I want to put up today. However. I can say that since a month ago, the foundation has been augered, poured, set (Now a month later its cured to its 5000psi rating), the majority of the main structures beams are standing. (Raised alone) The floor joists are all in, the lumber now resides 2 feet off the ground on the zero mark of my floor.

I am able to stand in the cobbled new frame and peer out to my eventual view. It is easy to get a calming sense of what will be the end result.

The last two days I have been taking a break from the Tiny House. The weather has really been burning me on both ends....

I find myself in a position at times where I do not want to continue. Happy to just sit under the tarp on top of the pile of lumber and veg.

However, I also am fully aware that if I do not finish, I may end up becoming broke, and 'homeless'. Permanently reduced to fully living in the tent with Mr. Pickles.

So....

You can imagine that there is quite a good push behind me to carry on, regardless of my 2lb hammer sore arm, the full work out of my body lifting half it's weight in either lumber or Photo-voltaics.

This is our current life.

You know? On days when it does all sink in. Come together. Or any other view point of it all. I can really see the big picture. The fact that while I feel that I am going at a very slow pace. I am continuing to move forward one day at a time.

The other day, Larry, this carpenter whom stopped his truck on the side of the road to talk to me about solar panels, mentioned that I was doing a good job with my construction technique so far.

Not bad for a guy whom learned everything by trial and error, plus Youtube.

I'll get it done. Plus, I think it may be very quick indeed. I just may have the opportunity after two full months in to sit on the couch, watching TV, boiling a kettle of tea, and realize that through all the grunt work. It wasn't a difficult accomplishment at all, but a very life fulfilling one.

Edited Note : I saw across the way, on the adjacent property, two horses by the fence looking at me. Walked over and pet two nice horses. I think they were bummed out that I didn't have carrots. If I recall correctly, it has been over 20 years since I've done so. Next time I'll have carrots on hand. :)