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Hey everyone,
Just thought I'd give a quick update, as the last post was both long overdue, and just long...
So what going on with the project? And where are today?
Things certainly seem to be moving forward. Due to the bureaucratic challenges regarding permanent housing, we have decided to start with temporary accommodations.
As you can see we finished putting up a couple of tents for Shir.
And I started work on clearing an area to set up our Tipi.
I'm very happy about our choice for a Tipi, as, besides the actual fabric, ropes, and other techinacal parts, we will be building all the rest from on-site materials. We have a few Eucalyptus trees on our land, which we can take to fashion the long straight poles that we need to hold the structure. As for the floor, we have an idea I haven't seen done in a Tipi yet, though I'm sure someone has.
We want to make a cob floor.
I love the feeling of earth under my feet, it is by far my favourite floor to walk on year round.
And of course, there is the added benefit that the materials are rocks and stones, which we have in abundance in our land, clay, of which we have too much...! Sand, that's probably our biggest challenge, but with enough sifting, I'm sure we can reach the quantities we need, and some form of straw, which we can use the over growth on the land for, as we clear it.
So, the plan is, hopefully, to be able to build the floor from all locally sourced materials. And considering we haven't brought anything to the land yet, this is all what we can find here! I'm pretty excited about it...
In the course of clearing the area, unfortunately I injured my foot, not too badly, but have been resting in bed for most of the last couple of days healing. It's coming along well and I hope next week to get back to the land, but I'm taking the time I need to heal. The story of the injury is actually a curious one, maybe I'll write about it in another post.
For now I leave you with the panorama,(the ends are curved, so you're seeing a semicircle) where you can see my foot resting after the accident.
That's it for now, hope you have a wonderful weekend, and I'll be updating further as events warrant.
Namaste