24 hours of fire

We have gotten a cold and rain snap here and work has been evolving.

Just thought i would add some photos from what we have been up to the past little bit...

We tore down the old outhouse that blocked a lot of sunlight from the garden and while taking it town we found where all the ladybugs had made their home. Really crazy and i felt sort of bad about taking their cozy space to the burn pile. im sure they will adapt and find a better home that doesn't house crap.

And then the burn pile... When we got here it was a small pile of sticks and planks. Then we arrived and daily added many wheelbarrows full of brush to it. And if you look at the photos - the pile we finally burned, rather large.
25+ foot flames and fingers crossed to avoid forest fires. A beautiful night where we could stay outside and be warm, even hot.

The next day we took off and drove the Blue Ridge Parkway all the way North until it was closed and then turned around and headed the other way. It is so much to take in. We tried to find a trail and ended up down in a valley and as we explored we found a prescribed fire going on where the trail was close to. So that hike didn't end up happening but we saw some beautiful Appalachian woods and it made me excited to be where i am.
I am excited to spend the season's changing in one place. to be in these mountains for winter, spring, summer, maybe fall. It will be the longest i have been in one place for years.

Things loved:
"Like any portion of the earth's surface that has not been engulfed by industry, there is much of great intrest and beauty if you take time and make the effort to see it
-ABBEY
"I am struck once again by the unutterable beauty, terror, and strangeness of everything we think we know."
-ABBEY
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which (s)he has overcome while trying to succeed"
- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

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