{"id":4645,"date":"2019-01-18T16:49:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2019-01-18T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T16:49:27","slug":"dreams-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/dreams-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreams Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s nothing more delicious than <\/em><\/strong>
inspiration leading to action <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the art\/life trail and to the third Wednesday installment where BD and I take turns sharing our tree farm adventure…today we go inside to see the space that welcomes us once we dream of moving from this to the next step…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After 2.5 years we had become adept at tent camping. We could haul gear over creek and up hill, set the tents and everything else needed, (food, clothing, water, etc.) for each long weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming more familiar with the landscape and its regrowth we felt it was time to stake out the location for a small cabin. With marker flags pounded into the ground we could visualize the size, setting and orientation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BD has a well developed gift for research having been an Information Specialist for the city before she turned her attention to tree farming. She considered the variables for what would serve as our off-the-grid get-away. By mid-summer 2012 she hired a carpenter to build the shell from her cabin design sketch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few trips to the Renew Store and she had a collection of windows and 2 nine light steel doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In September the basic structure was up and we quickly graduated from tent camping to a 16 x 24′ unfinished but basically weather tight cabin. It was beyond exciting to have a door to open! It was a simple thrill to lie on the cot gazing into the high open rafters listening to rain patter on the metal roof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the insulation and interior walls went up we moved our basic camp furniture into the space. Rugs went down, the antique jelly cabinet from the Michigan farm went up giving us a place to stow dry food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The East porch and the sleeping loft above offer sky gazing and moon rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With no walls, no insulation and no caulking in place the cabin gave us shelter but warmth was another issue. The first winter those long weekends were a testament to our commitment. For heat we had a small propane heater which even after hours only warmed the area close by. The unit could not be safely run indoors through the night. Backpacking sleeping bags and the right attitude to the rescue and we were prepared for that part of the adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Piedmont temps dove into the low teens the interior of the cabin would be the same turning the vase of flowers on the table into a block of ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since all aspects of the tree farm experience unfold in steps and stages it would be another year before we had stuffed all the insulation between the studs and up into the pitch of the rafters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It would then be many months before the walls were up…and painted. More finishing work remains to be done in the cabin, however it’s the cozy oasis that we had talked about and dreamed of back in the tent camping days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now there is a vent-less propane fireplace as well as the luxury of a propane refrigerator, these appliances have great stories…helping us constantly remember that…dream it…it will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While interior steps continued BD built the bath house where the Nature’s Head composting toilet and sun shower live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She also built the West porch making this little cabin space … with each action … more ‘home away home’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Missed a Tree Farm chapter? Here they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 1<\/a>
Chapter 2<\/a>
Chapter 3<\/a>
Chapter 4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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