I put some pictures from around the yard on Tumblr today. (This is a juvenile gopher tortoise that was under my clothesline yesterday. She's probably about 2 years old.) The more I study this HAZWOPER stuff the more I get nostalgic for the plants and animals. And honestly I'm pretty fascinated with dirt and rocks and water too. All this living stuff is not the last word in the world if you ask me.
But I concede that live things have more universal appeal, so I made this video for my nieces.
Nature and technology feel like home, society, not so much. That's why I set myself up as a happy hermit in a tiny house in the longleaf woods of the Gulf Coastal Plain. This is where I make things. I spend very little time doing anything that isn't directly related to making something. I even get ideas for things to make from my dreams.
In 2012 I did a Small Year. My intention was to spend as little money as possible and stay home all the time. In January 2012 I bought two Spartan Aircraft aluminum caravans, 31 feet long, 8 feet wide, manufactured in 1949 and 1951.
In the spring of 2013 I completed the conversion of the 1951 Spartan into a permanent lab and laundry room. It is now my knitting and sewing lab.
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