Category : Gnome Home

ALOT of Doing on Sky’s dome today.  MAJOR THINGS!  The FLOOR!   Trenched alongside wall inside (already done so outside).  Double Protection !  Then Tom (“Weeds”) and I pulled in a HUGE used Hay Tarp and, in ONE FELL “SWOOP”, covered ALL the floor.  Bathroom included.  All in one piece.  THIS TOOK HOURS!  Once in, we started putting gravel over it all.  The tarp is the Water Vapor (ground) stopper AND DIRT COVER.  The Gravel the Walk On FLOOR.  (In time, if $$, will carpet that all.  ‘Til then…Works.  Aho?)

I DO have a SECTION of BEAUTIFUL Deep Nap carpet.  Only covers a very small space tho.  Got IT down / on too.  Another Indoor-Outdoor carpet now covers the Bathroom now as well.  Gravel below that, tarp below THAT.  Bathroom now “done”…(will add stone on walls when time).

After all this we returned the furniture and placed again.

THIS PLACE LOOKS FANTASTIC!   AND just BARE ESSENTIALS inside.  FANCYING UP will take time, so I don’t consider it done yet.

Still have to put the final tarp cover on (it blew off).  Then cut the windows, a Smoke Hole at top and put windows in and smoke hole cover after all that.

I SEE THE “END OF THE TUNNEL”…BIG TIME, now.

Adam intends to fix his chimney this weekend…..completing THAT dome.  So, 2 outta 3 “ready to go.”

“Weeds” has been a FANTASTIC HELPER.  Help?  No…HE DOES it ALL, as I basically sit and tell.

He’ll sure know how to do a dome (my way).  And INTENDS TOO.  HIS “cabin in the woods.”  Will be a “piece of cake” for him now.

Again, STILL at $350.00 for ALL this.

Beat THAT!  (   :      re

(WS)

Just added a “WELCOME TO SEE” (Domes(s)) piece on Ghost’s Hub (shoestring cabin). Mite wanna check it out…scroll down  Down  DOWN. re

(WS)

#1 dome is DONE!   Just re-hang the door for easier closing and That is IT!  “Works” anyway ‘as is’…so : PTL!  DONE!  And it Looks GREAT!  Even the weeds around it are No More!   Put it off to work on the other 2.  NOW, FINALLY…FINISHED!
Burned trash in its hearth…NO smoke into the dome!  WONDERFUL!
Now, to Sky’s tomorrow.  Get the FLOOR Done!  (Depends on the weather)  Then to insulating our water cistern tanks…at least, what we can.
Thank GOD…LITERALLY…for a GREAT HELPER!
Sure makes a difference, I tell you!
PTL!   re
(WS)
Wanted to work on #1 but TOO COLD to do cementing.  So went to Sky’s.   Cut off about 6-8 in. of bed ledge wall (more room on main floor)…Backed that dirt with heavy white tarp (vertical logs will be put in front of that)…leveled the bathroom floor and placed the toilet in its permanent place…rugged it (temp), set rug on main (temp), added the attic, did some general clean up.  THIS DOME’S INTERIOR IS REALLY LOOKING GOOD!
“Weeds” did nearly all the work…I suprivised.  THIS GUY’S NOT AFRAID TO WORK!  Trade…teachings for labor.
He’s sleeping in Adam’s dome as “here” home.
HOPEFULLY we will get a load of gravel and be able to finish all flooring tomorrow.  Rock company was closed today! sigh  (wasted trip)
Anyway, a BUSY DAY indeed…and a GOOD ONE!    re
(WS)

To “unwind” from today’s “doing”, I’ve been out making FIRE BUNDLES.  Small fist-sized willow and weed sticks.  A thick handful, rubber banded together into bundles.  Thus cleaning up the dome areas AND using the “trash” in a useful way.

I find this relaxing as well as bettering the area.

Something children can do as adults do what is needed in building / etc.

Why just let it lay?  Why rake into piles and burn uselessly?  Why let your area be messy?

Told before we waste needlessly.

Perhaps YOU might need to relax a bit too.  Here’s a productive way of doing so and with pleasing results.  Aho?  re

TRIP REPORT on Dome Work on Other Property:

What an ADVENTURE!

Won’t go into explanation but Adam and I took our own rigs….LOADED with To-Do needs.  Both DEAD BEAT SLEEPY, but went anyway Friday evening.  “Lost” Adam’s rig and had to park it MILES from domesite.

Got LOST trying to locate a DETOUR sign that WORKED!  Back and Forth looking.  Didn’t get there till 1:00 AM!  Maybe 2 1/2  hrs MORE then normal.

A 3rd joined us.

Set up camp.  I slept in my pickup.  They on ground.

Anyway, after SOME sleep we  went back to Adams pickup and brought it up.  THEN started looking for land to buy (Adam).  So, Saturday nearly WASTED. Not totally tho.  The 2 got SUPER BUSY.  Had to cut weeds SO TALL they went to Adam’s HEAD (over 6 ft tall).  Had to do to GET TO THE DOME!  Adam learned how to use a SCYTHE while Tom (the other) used my weed eater.  BEAUTFUL JOB!  Looks darn near like a Park now.  PTL!

Then moved the Dog Kennel in the spot that I needed.  This to be the wall “framing” for our kitchen.  Left a Walk-In GAP between this and dome…SET A LARGE BATHROOM area there.  Nothing Small about it.  Then did a “quicky” WOOD SHED dome. TEMP for now.  Frame only.

I added more Heat Collecting Stones to both sides and back of the small woodstove as Tom connected wire mesh.  Still not fully done but only a SMALL amount to finish That (next trip).

Adam left early Sunday,  a LOOONG drive.  11 or more hours and had to work next day. Tom took on the extra “load”.  Did a HECK of a job!

Me? Mostly SAT and “ordered” Both of ‘em.  Leg stove in…and back.  Easier to Supervise then “do”.  Aho? THESE TWO GUYS WERE WONDERFUL!  Missed day or not, LOTS DONE in but a few hours.

They made a SUPER Camp set-up too.  BIG Lean-To Tarp…my fire pit in front.  NEVER TOOK PICTURES OF THIS (darn it).  REAL “early FUR GATHERER set up.  PRIMITIVE but RIGHT AT “HOME”.

The 2 took turns putting out some FANTASTIC Meals!  Me?: “SUPERVISED”.  ( :

Anyway, no covering BUT ONLY HOURS FROM DOING SO!

Took up more tarps.  Should be Enough IF NO BIG HOLES.

Anyway, stopped in our local town to fill the tank.  On my home..leaving just some change and $16.00.

But I’m HOME!..I GOT UP THERE!  And we GOT an ENORMOUS AMOUNT DONE!  A TOTAL SUCCESS!

Want all to understand:  this trip would have been IMPOSSIBLE without the PRAYERS sent up and the DONATIONS sent.  THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU MADE POSSIBLE!

Oh, before closing: saw some NICE “For Sale” property at this SAFE site.  20 acres per at $30,900.00 per.  WILDERNESS THO!  You’d need to be VERY serious to live in MOST of these spots.  Darn near “Mountain Man” living..  With a FAMILY, HARD !  Alone? HARD!

Interested?   re

(WS)

Several hours working on Adam’s dome.  Moving stove to wall…insulating wall, chimney out the side..  What we expected to take perhaps 2 / 2 to 3 hours…well…STILL not done.
I had told him to get 3 more lengths of chimney pipe….got ONE!  No where NEAR the hight to clear the top of dome and away from domes “wind eddies”.  BACKFLUSH…SMOKE!  So much for THIS trip!  Will b 2 -3 wks before he can “do” again.
The hole in wall was not big enough….Tarp and Cloth got     H O T !    Hadda water and stop the stove’s fire   FAST.  Had told him “not big enough”.   Is now.

And now a very contrite brother.
He’s “down”.  Told him “You learn by your mistakes…then pass that learning on…so NO Mistakes!”
Reader:
Let this be a lesson to YOU.  And “PRAISE GOD in ALL things”.  Aho?   re
(WS)

“LIVING OFF THE GRID”

Do you REALLY understand what That MEANS?!

It means SOLAR Panels / WIND / PROPANE /  GENERATOR / BATTERIES /  FUEL…and more.

Have you PRICED these things !?

AND WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN Parts and Replacements and Fuel goes into NON-EXISTENT, or SO HIGH in Cost, YOU CANT “GET”!

THIS is EXACTLY WHAT THIS NATION IS ABOUT TO FACE!

Our Ancestors managed.  No matter WHAT “race”.

STUDY THOSE WAYS!

I’M GETTING “HOARSE”  SCREAMING in the “Wilderness!”

GET OFF YOUR BUTTS and DO!    re

(WS)

I am so MUCH wanting to move up to our (shared) other land.

Will TRY to get up there the end of this month to work more on the dome there.  LOUSY time to go….but NEED TO.  Aho?

If I had a SPARE $4,000.00 I would by a particular 4-season tent and “start” there.

I    would, but would my WIFE (‘M’ – WS)?  Or even would C (daughter) “release” Sky to me / or “change” so HE could move too?  VERY doubtful!

I want him OUT of the School System.  GED via Home Schooling (as we did with C)…or, frankly,  JUST PLAIN STOP ANY SCHOOLING.  That’s what I’D like, anyway. (I feel school is useless AFTER learning the BASICS).  WILDCRAFTING needed to be learned NOW.  Public School = JOB(s)….but SOON even THOSE will be nearly IMPOSSIBLE….ADULTS will be LUCKY to have a Job…let alone “newbies” entering into a “WORK” job.

M puts too Much into HEALTH Insurance.  NOT “GOD TRUST Insurance”.

Anyway, keeps her tied down to the “system” due to this way of thinking.  In that, it means $$$$$ to STAY right here to “Have Insurance.”   sigh

Daughter would NOT move….don’t WANT HER there UNTIL SHE “GROWS” anyway….tho that means Sky will be MADE to stay here.  sigh

Wife wouldn’t move considering C and Sky as well (I suppose).

DANG!

I’m in a dilemma…and DON’T LIKE IT!

M is a HOARDER.  SAVES ALMOST EVERYTHING.  WANTS it ALL UP THERE WITH US!  NO concept of REAL “stripped down” living.

I, on the other hand, “hoard” what I NEED to continue my “work.”  HAVE ALOT…mostly tho : just “THINGS.”

Shoot, don’t even want a COMPUTER….OR even a PHONE!   Can (and WILL) simply GIVE AWAY….Sell or Toss Out OR WALK AWAY.  (Been that way for a Long Time).

I’ve done so…simply WALKED AWAY.  So KNOW I can (and WILL) do so once again.

Went from a HOUSE to a TiPi…Went from a CONDEMNED House in the woods to a CAR.  CAN AGAIN.  But CAN’T with family obligations here.  DANG!

MANY will (and some are NOW)  (be) facing the same “change”.

NOT EASY, is it Folks!?

I TRUST THE CREATOR….Wife SAYS she does.  Doesn’t SHOW it tho.   TOO “Clingy.”      sigh

May HAVE to “break away”….to get the other place Ready.  In time, ALL “mine” WILL at least have a “place” to go to.  EVEN IF A TENT.

Wish I had MUCH MORE LAND up there…to HELP Others “park” for a bit.  Don’t, so…..

As it is, we are spending a “fortune” JUST TO STAY RIGHT HERE! (And BARELY ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS, TO do so).

“Slaves” to the “system”.

Well, my “woes” are MINE.  Others have NO land to go to.  NO place to “park”.  At least in that, I’m “lucky.”

I’ve been telling…for OVER 10 FULL YEARS to “prepare”.  NOW getting PANIC Emails.

TOUGH, folks!  YOU PAYED NO ATTENTION when you COULD!

Now you are STUCK in your “worries”.  I’ve done what I could AND YOU DID AS YOU PLEASED.  Now, “Pay the Piper!”

Sound harsh?  Well, I TRIED.  SHOULDA PAID ATTENTION!  Aho?

In MY future, I CAN get by on my SS $$.  And If THAT peters out, I CAN LIVE “on the LAND”.  When THAT gives out, I can DIE

I AM NOT AFRAID TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS!

Are YOU?    re

(WS)

Red Elk asked me to post another comment:

What I’ve found to be disgusting is that people are starting to pick up slang from off of the internet… incorporating them with common English. It’s really hard sometimes to have a conversation with people my age that doesn’t include movies, games, television, you name it… If you talk anything about nature, living in the wilderness, etc they resemble a deer looking in a cars headlights. So far I’ve found none that’d like to venture out to the northeastern part of WA from the west (Redmond Area). Planing on leaving my comfort zone after this winter and slowly working my way on foot and bike while camping/eating along the way in the national forests to Cle Elum, and to Coltville hopefully. Much love!

And to leave his answer exactly as he spelled it. ;)  – WS

“B”…know EXACTLY what u mean.
I short cut AS WELL AS MISS-SPELL…HUGELY!…WS has to make EVERYTHING readabel 2 u / all.  Without her, Ive gotton MANY “is this CODE?” Es sent 2 me.  My reason is SHAKES…HUNDREDS of Es 2 answere….NO TIME 2 SPELL CK. ….LOUSY on SPELLING Anyway.
Im TERRABEL!
CONSTENTLY hit the wrong key…OR hit a key 2+ times (shakes).  Poor WS has managed a Good 99% my “way” n interperits.
(WS …send THIS “AS IS”, 2 SHOW).Aho?

Im a PC “dah”…can NOT comrehend PC “Geek” talk.  Just DE-FUSSES MY BRAIN! Took me a few ORS 2 find out what a MOUSE was!  HOURS! 3 FULL WKS to learn HOW TO SIGN-In / OUT (hadda have others do it…Agaimn n Again…till i grasped it).
(U r c-ing NO)W what WS has to put up with!).
PCs r a TOTOL FUSTRATION to me.  Has cost me HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS OF $$ to keep um (7 now) Up!  Virises GALORE…STUCK KEYS….CONSTENT ReBOOTING (took me a few hrs to understand what was ment TO “ReBoot!”!).
2 Top It Off, im a 1 FINGER TYPER!  What u r reading NOW has taken me VERY CLOSE 2 20 MIN.! to TYP!
Then, along comes things like “LOL” / Etc..
WHAT THE HELL   IS   “LOL”?

Songs?   Hay, i dont care 4 these modren “songs” etc. anyway.  Daughter n grandkids can speak N Chiken STRUT NECK like u wouldnt BELEIVE!  Rubber Lip n STRUT this CRAP liker they were BORN in a Black SLUM!
Been to DOZONS of Resses…NA KIDS THE SAME WAY!  That n Drugs n Sex n…oh, 4get it!
guess im to old.  sigh

WSo, u think UVE got Problems?

Here I am, trying to get all BACK to the DECENTCY of GOODLY COMMON SENCE, n, well, Wanna CRY!
TOO DANG OLD TO WALK THE WOODS!  (“give out” in mere YARDS)…..Family 2 tend so cant get to a canoe n dissapier for a wk. or m. or 4EVER.
Got a GREAT Bike…LEGS WONT MOVE IT!  Hills r MT.s now.  Mts.?  No! CLIFFS!
I dont know how old u r…but at least can Hike n Bike.  STILL “LUCKY”! Better hurry up, kid…u ARNT GETING YOUNGER!

Good LUCK!   re