Marching Along

"Hullo folks", just a brief update from the land here. We're all cozy and settled in. Still some unpacking, reorganizing, and shuffling about in general. But as of this last week there's 3 new pomegranites in the orchard, a lemon, two limes, a mullberry, pineapple guava, tea and yerba mate plant, peruvuan nasturium, and three varieties of figs!

Next step is build myself a Drafting (art) Shack and get a springtime garden going.

Overall its heaven on earth! Waking up i hear different creatures every day. Wild turkeys wandering around Gus, red shouldered hawks, ravens, american robins, deer, coyotese almost every night (a very haunting but attractive howl they do!), and the subtle sound of winds passing through the branches of a huge madrone hovering above my home.

My mom and i have defined and maintained at least 7 trails now, and yesterday we found a glass soda bottle almost 100 years old!!! Its call Big Indian Chief. Other discoveres are old horse shoes, pulleys, glass insulators for electricity, and beer bottles. I will put up some pics of those once we clean them all off this week.

Well, jolly jello and ciao for now.

Soupy Twist!

Steadily Homestead (it begins again!)

WELCOME TO THE NEW HOMESTEAD

Here begins a fresh family adventure in moving our lives back to the land!

It's a young project in which we want to have a large 1-acre garden with orchard - but for now i'm very excited to share my recent endeavors of settling down.

STEP # 1

(the spot)

Here you see a zone on my family's land for my new home. No, it wont be a Earthbag mud-hut DOME (that comes later!)

What i need is something temporary to live in . . . 

. . . . ahhhh, not quite. How about temporary, reliable, and cozy!?

Yessss. Now that's better. Meet GUS (General Under the Sun). Now let's get Gus on the road and to the land.

Lovely! Looking good - you as well, Gus!!!

STEP #2

(make a home out of a vehicle)

The priority here is removing the old and unwanted items then sealing the roof for the coming winter rains.

(DON'T BUY THIS - its crap.  Henry's Tar works better.)

STEP #3

(take a break to hunt some fun Fungi)

 (Cocoli & Witcher's Butter)

Coral Mushroom (we didn't eat the pink one, but yellow were delicious)

(lots of Cocoli/Coccora)

STEP #4

(clean & clear)

After a final interior cleaning and a ceremonial smudging with some San Pablo (thank you Daisy), Gus the big fucking bus is ready to become the greatest domicile since Walt took up non-education recreations. hah! Really though, it's gonna be a home to be proud of.

STEP #5

(saddle up and moovout~!)

 

A friend named Bubba once said, "you should never have more stuff than you can pack into a truck and leave with." I agree and i put it to practice.

Hello KaMuRa and a slow "goodbye" as this great little country acreage becomes a sentimental memory full of adventure and life lessons.

(my sweet dear "Cloud of Unknowing")

(a view from my drive across Hopland Grade)

Jolly jello,

groovy gravy

and

ciao for now.

It's time to relax and listen to the soft rain making love to a hard surface. 

. . . pitter patter . . .

More to come!

At sunrise one must pay tribute to his unfounded Korean fungi lineage (obviously because mushrooms are more related to humans than to other plant life. . . )

Turkey Tail makes a great tea.

. . . sit and rest for a time. . .

i want touchy the turkey tail. . .

Cattle: not funny.

 Indigo variety? If so, it is edible.

(there is an OWL in the hollow of this tree . . . watching me)

Lion's Mane - very edible and delicious! The best catch of the season so far.

And this is the greatest mystery of the season - unidentifiable.

Look. . . a giraffe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS8TQkc4rHY&feature=youtu.be

My personal BUST (not chiseled from stone, but still . . .    a real bust!)

*http://io9.com/5940434/why-are-mushrooms-more-like-humans-than-they-are-like-plants*