My priority? Today, check out rentals. Tomorrow, (gentlemen) farm maintenance.

TS needs a bigger table; PN needs to mess around on the woodlot.

Revisions, revisions, revisions (and it gets THOSE IDEAS out of my f**king head)!

Daily writing promptWhat do you enjoy most about writing?View all responses As a newly retired standup science philosopher (high school science teacher), I understand that writing is a SKILL. I enjoy being able to articulate myself -- if not verbally (where my stutter gets full-on manifested)... then in a format that allows me to review … Continue reading Revisions, revisions, revisions (and it gets THOSE IDEAS out of my f**king head)!

The Great Lakes, the food, my friends, and (occasionally) fast freeways out of town!

Daily writing promptWhat do you love about where you live?View all responses When TS and I were looking for property... what... 10 years ago, she insisted that we be no more than 1 day's drive from the big smoke (Toronto). I couldn't understand that need. I was looking at property around Lake Superior... or at … Continue reading The Great Lakes, the food, my friends, and (occasionally) fast freeways out of town!

August 13-15, 2023 Update

Evolve Builders have been busy! Here's what we saw earlier this week (in no particular order): We watched the Perseid meteor shower. What plant species is this? The entrance to our construction site. Call before you enter. One of the crew had his blue van by the parking lot. SE corner Driveway leading to the … Continue reading August 13-15, 2023 Update

The trades!

What profession do you admire most and why? Framers. Evolve Builders. More to report later… Go EVOLVE!

List 30 things that make you happy. And these items are in no particular order (at least as of 11:15 a.m.)… House panthers; domesticated wolves; full-tang cutlery; hovering mid-water column; polishing hardwood; October Black (spouse); chess pieces; getting into the right headspace; a singing ulu as it comes out of its sheath; mynoise.net … Aural … Continue reading

Evolve Builders Poured Our Slab!

Yesterday, we did a run up to our property and Felix (our project manager) gave us a quick tour. Imaged from the NE corner of our future parking lot. Evolve Builders (and we) are now waiting the foundation to cure at the site. For more information about the site, contact Felix Quinn felix.quinn@evolvebuilders.ca

Now. NOW it’s becoming less virtual…

…and a helluva a lot more real! TS & PN visited the build-site. Evolve Builders, we appreciated the tour. And Design Electrical (Owen Sound), you impressed us… again. PN took this image… (from the same POV we took from the ATV, bush buggy, saws).

So, we want highly-concentrated…

…battery packs. Why I might want these in a room with automated fire-suppression. Link.

Happy December 25th!

PN is grateful that TS is recovering so well post knee-surgery. TS is becoming an Fe-womyn with all of those various (borderline sadistic) physiotherapeutic exercises (Gus [from the clinic], if you're reading this, I don't know whether to thank you or curse you). While I want to spend a week at the site (during our … Continue reading Happy December 25th!

Ah… so THAT’S why I received so many telephone calls from satellite ISP agents…

When TS & I move up to the peninsula, we expect to pay a lot for broadband internet service. Off-grid. Our property line is at least ~1000 m from the last utility pole. Link to CBC article.

October 2022 360-degree image

You are looking at my 2nd attempt at making a full-sphere image of our driveway at the build-site. My iDevice did its very best at knitting together images into an image bubble. Yes, PN is wearing red wooly socks in his Birkenstocks. TS is accepting of my fashion crimes. PN & TS also cut away … Continue reading October 2022 360-degree image

Lush, heavy rain, and cooler than our last woodlot work-session.

Today will be an indoor session at Mountain Trout Camp (MTC). I’m looking forward to finding out how MS’s wolf-pack enjoy the canine treats (test version 1 and 2). TS wanted to ensure MS received the perishable chocolate-peanut-butter-banana-upside-down cake (as it’s still in its pan). Our recently-purchased deep-cycle battery has been trickle-charging since yesterday evening … Continue reading Lush, heavy rain, and cooler than our last woodlot work-session.