When the fir fell three years ago, the scene looked like a tornado had ripped through; the downed tree straddled the upper drive, part of the building site and our turn-around — not to mention 60 feet of forest. For spite, it brought down a few other mature pines down with it.
Posts Tagged ‘Our property’
Felling trees
Posted in Island life, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, tagged Flora, Orcas Island, Our property on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Adventures in a powder-blue pickup
Posted in Island life, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, tagged Humor, Orcas Island, Our property, People/community on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The powder-blue 1971 Datsun pickup is the epitome of this reuse-repair-recycle philosophy and island culture. At 40 years of age, Dotty certainly has some wear, but she still turns heads. And she characterizes what I’m trying to achieve now in my own life here, which is to live simply, take only what I need.
Escaping the Emerald City
Posted in Island life, Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, tagged Acclimation, Codfish Lane, Orcas Island, Our property on April 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our goals for the sojourn were simple: find an inspirational, affordable place that forces us to think and act outside ourselves. We wanted to stop depending on the daily news to tell us how we should feel. Our goal was to power-down our minds from what seemed a never-ending stream of negative news and open up our own imagination and creativity again.
