It is my favorite time to be in this sleepy city. They sky hangs low, dampening the earth and giving an electric glow to all the greenery. But even as I pedal through the streets my heart longs to be elsewhere, to venture into unknown lands, and lay my flesh upon the earth. 

I’m late in getting all of this up… our intensive came to an end, and Apro is settling down for the winter as I ease back in Portland. Unfortunately, I fell off the sketching-wagon when the time to do our natural wall systems (light-clay-straw and slip’n’chip), alaska-stove-mass-heater, and earthen floor came around (led by some incredible and inspiring people including Erica Ann, Max and Eva Edleson, and Sukita Crimmel). Really, I was wanting to be more present–I’d felt like in trying to put everything down as we worked, I was missing a lot of hands on time. It’s all up there though, floating around waiting to be put to paper. You can always check out the Apro Vecho facebook page if you can’t resist seeing the rest of the project. But, voila! Some captured moments of life constructing a tiny home…

I found our timber framing week to be a challenge to put on paper, but came away with plenty of photos to share.         

The tiny home (meditation hut/nap cottage/farm office) that we are building is about a mile down the road from Aprovecho proper, on the property of two of Apro’s permaculture instructors. They are super knowledgeable ecologists, land stewards, and awesome parents to the ever curious and naked baby, Silvan.

We’ve come a lot farther since these photos were taken, but I wanted to share a bit of the process.  I haven’t reached out to find the resources for development/scanning down here yet, but managed to get a couple rolls done on a quick stop back in Portland.

 

 

Here are some favorite film and sketchbook blips from my last month.

Life is changing fast and new things are absorbed into this brain every day. Can’t wait to share notes and pictures of Aprovecho, and our projects to come.