So, I thought I'd show up a couple scenes of the canvas house I'm living in this summer.
I own a bell tent, but since we are in Appalachia this summer, we decided to keep it packed up so it does not get moldy. Tents on the ground like that left up all season get so filled with mold and mildew, it helps to be on a platform.
My partner and I landed here at the land where I used to farm to explore Appalachia for the season. I have old friends here and old trails I love, so we're hanging out for a little while. I also am renovating and airstream to live in and be on solar, that will be a post for another time.
The 'Yome's are simple. They are part yurt and part dome. The owner of the land, Peter of Red Sky Shelters, is the one who builds them, actually. We're living in an older one that we needed to paint the outside with a waterproof UV paint in order to keep the water out, as it has started to get worn out. These kind of structures don't last a very long time in the humid jungle of Appalachia.
Ours is kind of dark from the UV paint which we will like come the heat of summer. It makes it so these pictures are a little dark, but most of the time, it's hard to get goo lighting in here! There are trees that have grown up around it.
We unloaded out nomadic camp from the truck camper and spread out a little bit which has been a great relief. We have a small simple camp stove kitchen set up in here and also there is a rustic outdoor kitchen down the hill that the community uses. This land has several people living in earthen or canvas structures. One family has been here many years and upgraded to an insulated yurt.
I like the triangular windows but when it rains really hard, I have to climb up a dangerous ladder to zip them up so it does not rain inside.
This is my desk, where I sit to write this right now. No electricity in here and no internet except for a phone hot spot I finally got. Podcasting rustically as usual (I run a podcast if you didn't know!)
I swear it's been a loud day around here on the land. The neighbors are doing construction. The cement truck came around to deliver. Everyone is chainsawing, mowing or weedwacking. It felt like it has not ended today. In a canvas space, the downside is no way to block noise.
I'm going back out now to the garden to plant peppers finally, and prep beds for directly sowing climbing beans. Onward!
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