The most special thing about the Cabin at Many Moons is that it's on the water. (Actually, 75 feet from the water's edge, as required.) Most recent posts have focused on the house itself as we complete a 15-month DIY building process. Here, reminders why I chose this place for the (possibly) biggest challenge of … Continue reading The View from the Water
As the Super Blue Moon visited Huron Bay, we clicked off more big milestones. Final inspections done! Stairway complete! Queen bed in place! And,Mary and Jeff finally do a camp-out! This past week deserves exclamation points, as our DIY new-home construction nears its end at Camp Many Moons in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior. … Continue reading More DIY Construction Milestones!
Nature continues to entertain us as the kitchen takes shape in the Cabin at Many Moons, on the waterfront in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Cabinets are in and countertops are on the way! We are now one year into this building project. (For Day 1, see this post.) It's consuming but tolerable, since we are surrounded … Continue reading Cabinets Are In!
During DIY, mistakes will happen. Things will spill, break and not fit where they should. This post is about those. (For more uplifting views of spring snowfall and dogs, scroll on down.) When Jeff and I were doing The Great Loop, I tried to post occasionally about the challenges of living on a small boat … Continue reading DIY Oopsies
Warm and cozy, just as I hoped. It took two guys about five days to get it up. It's a lot of wood. The addition of the ceiling helps the Cabin at Many Moons finally look like a cabin. The wood installation isn't done yet, but I couldn't resist showing some pictures now. For those … Continue reading Ceiling’s Up!
It's a phenomenon I haven't felt since retiring, this driving need to stay on task. Set daily priorities, accomplish them, evaluate, adjust. Next? When we set out on this ambitious DIY building process, Jeff promised to give it a year. Is that even possible, I wondered, without a contractor? When I know nothing about building … Continue reading On Task
It's February, and winter still hasn't "arrived" here on the 47th parallel. I'm back at Camp Many Moons in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where wild turkeys waddle out of my path and deer bolt across it. I hear coyotes at night and see evidence of a wild kill underfoot. And where is my attention? On toilets … Continue reading Picking Paints, Flushing Toilets
You're wondering what gunshots have to do with windows? Just that I'm hearing them...close, too...as we put the last windows into the new house today. It's duck-hunting season, and this house sits on a bay that's beloved by ducks and therefore by hunters. I'm not against hunting when done respectfully. I'm not afraid of weapons; … Continue reading Gunshots & Last Windows
Our tires get mired in the cold mud. Our bodies get achy in the cold air. We work in jackets, gloves, and warm boots. Yet we soldier doggedly on, with an eye on inspection deadlines. We must pass three before we can insulate, and we want to insulate before the deep cold sets in. If … Continue reading Step by Shivering Step…
This past week, it's been about the nerves and arteries ... electrical wires, plumbing pipes ... all that behind-the-walls jumble that makes a house come alive. And still the autumn colors continued! My heart and eyes are both full. Previous doubt about this DiY process faded as my brother arrived from Montana, in the midst … Continue reading Nerves, Arteries & More Color!
For Many Moons 