Its Spring!!!
As each season comes to it’s end and the next is waiting new, something inside of me always feels refreshed. Like letting out a deeply held breath. But this time of year, right before the trees transform from bare branches, and the landscape everywhere is about to explode into an electric green… it’s my favorite time of year, and I always get a little excited. There is so much energy and anticipation in the earth, waiting for just the right moment to burst out. Shouldn’t April be the first month of the year?
The addition has been waiting all winter as well. We got things to a good stopping point, and then left it for the season. Greg has kept busy working on other projects, and now that it is getting warmer (tomorrow is supposed to be in the 70’s!) we’ll be planning a time soon to finish the addition. We’ve also been planning…another house! The building never ends…
Also exciting…Greg and Mike are teaching a series of workshops nearby this May. They are going to be hosted at Pickard’s Mountain Eco-Institute near Chapel Hill this April and May. They’ll be teaching one 7 day intensive workshop, as well as a few weekend workshops. Plenty of mud and straw is in the near future! Here are the links:
If you’ve been looking for good cob workshop in the southeast, check out one the links above, and then come visit NC!
I also can’t resist sharing a little cuteness. My sweet guy loves to “mix plaster” in his wheelbarrow, and make a big, muddy mess. Here are a couple pictures of Leo learning to mix up earthen plaster and then trowel it on the wall. 18 months is a bit young, but I thought he did great job! (Although he always puts his plaster on the wrong side of his trowel..)
And here he is again, plastering his face…
earthen acres 