Welcome to yet another person's build blog!
I'm a few bricks short of being a bricks and mortar tinyhouse builder.
In fact it's JUST ME so don't expect much progress right now.
September brings back camping weather so check back in a couple of weeks.
Another fine mess
I have a dilemma. There is a good chance that I have some quality work here in Oriental starting in mid-May. To live here and be able to cook I would need to bring the boat back up. To bring the boat back I would need to get the truck…
Beautiful weather
These crisp, clear mornings couldn’t be any nicer. The Saturday market was in full swing and boats were moving around in the harbor. I processed some of the “stuff” that has been in and out of the truck so many times lately. I also did a little sewing that will…
Mongo like food
My dinner at the Paling’s house last night has kick-started my appetite after a really fun bout with stomach flu. On top of that I have work to do tomorrow and possible the rest of the month. The pine pollen has turned the whole town green but heavy wind followed…
There now…
…that wasn’t too hard. I pulled out of Lake Como at 3pm with the truck crammed to the brim and drove all night, arriving here at 4am. The first thing I did was dump a load of laundry in Sailcraft’s coin machine. It has been good to see some friends…
Wifi Wasteland
I made it to Palatka and spent the first day and a half working on Spark’s motor but I got her going and now will tackle the storage building. I have very few opportunities to get online but may make a run to Oriental soon.
Travel plans
By 9pm last night I had everything sorted out. A women named Desire runs a new service to Miami and was going to pick me up Monday morning at 6am to make a 10am train to Palatka. This morning I got a call from a guy that had advertised on…
Leaving the Keys
Anybody going to the train station in Miami? All the rental cars are taken this week with the student vacations in full swing. The bus passes through here but it drops you in Miami after the train has left. I posted to a ride board on the internet but haven’t…
Background noise
I cleaned a boat today with the voice of Rush L. blasting from across the canal. I fully understand why some people need him and it is fine that he has a following but why the heck do you need to sing it from the rooftops? Tattoo him on your…
Curved by Design
This is a little place brought to you by Curved by Design that looks pretty comfortable. One of them on their website had stairs leading to a bedroom. I understand “round” is hard to furnish but I would still love to have one. The interior shot looks like it is…
Last night was on fire
I heard popping sounds last night that I thought was a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. It was my first night renting a room in the backyard of a friend of a friend’s house in Key Largo. It turns out the sounds and smells were coming from the restaurant and bar…
Traffic Report
There was a car accident down here. A woman was trying to get herself all shaved up for her new bikini and was shaving while driving. She was in the drivers seat and her ex-husband was reaching across from the passenger seat attempting to steer the car. They were on…
Early retirement
I have had two jobs this week that are going to help me get back to north Florida soon so I can make an attempt at moving the boat to the Keys. The first one was washing a boat and that should repeat on Friday. The second was computer work…
Tavernier Tiki Tribes
This is a good group of people. Captain Jen has been teaching sailing down here for 12 years on her Morgan 41. The marina has two active tiki huts with one called the Zen Tiki and the other wanting to be called the Con Tiki because of the convicts that…
The Keys
I am in the Keys for a little while. It has taken a couple of hours to upload a couple of photos so this post will be short. We have been here since Thursday and this shot was from one of the schooners in Key West. Yesterday three of us…
Everyone Deserves A Roof
I saw this on the Tiny House Blog. The EDAR, a cross between a shopping cart and a pop-up camper, is a step up. EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) provides shelter to the homeless in an innovative cost and usage effective way. The EDAR unit is a purpose-specific, special four-wheeled…
Decluttering
“If you’re tempted to keep something because it was expensive, remember the difference between value and cost. Value is what something is worth. You spent a lot of money on it. To throw it away would mean admitting that the money was wasted. Now you need to think about the…
An excerpt from Computing Across America, 1988
The Greatest Risk © 1988 by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Everyone has at one time or another shrunk from a growth opportunity because with it comes the Unknown. The Unknown! What’s out there, anyway? Disappointment? Derision? Danger? Defeat? Death? Those are all bad, certainly, but none of them…
The Cup
Monday could be the first race of the America’s Cup. They are taking place in Spain again this year and the coverage on television may not even happen. Both boats are multihulls and the speeds are scary fast.
Seven forces of decline
The guy that started Outward Bound had his own thoughts on when things went bad. His seven forces of decline that effect the modern world were the decay of: fitness care skill initiative self-discipline imagination compassion He felt like we were shielded from the true forces of life and the…
Music in the park
For over twenty years Pensacola has had free concerts in one of the downtown parks. People bring tables for food, wine and beer and a relaxing evening is had by all. It seems like something is happening all year long. A couple of nights ago they closed one of the…