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A House Without Walls
We’re crazy. We like novelty. We are lovers of originality. Curiosities. Art. We want an A-frame house. An impractical, odd-looking, Alpined-out, pokey-pointy, I-Hop looking A-frame house. We’re on more solid ground this year, and we’re starting to think – in a … Continue reading
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Cottage Conceptions
For those that are coming to the story late, I asked all my blog friends and readers to send me their idea of an awesome cottage. (I’m thinking of building on my own.) Readers here at The Pines are a … Continue reading
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Design The Pines
(We’ve had some new friends coming to visit and offer links on the cabin/cottage topic, so I’ve brought this post back up to the top. Thanks, Friends and Visitors!) When I checked out a book at the library today, the … Continue reading
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Little Houses I Have Known
As you know, friends, we’re on the tiny-house-hunt. Next Spring? Maybe. We hope so. We still have a model to go see at a local modular company, and I need to speak to a builder friend about the cost of … Continue reading
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Hooked Up, Adirondack Style
I don’t know if I can adequately describe how happy I am to be hooked-up in the cabin – everything sorted out, no lumber to dodge, no pieces of the ceiling in the middle of the floor, no furniture stacked … Continue reading
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The Franklin County Glitteratti
I was just reminiscing about the time Dr. Trudeau came by the house. Several times, actually. And Paul Smith came by repeatedly. And P.T. Barnum. Yes, yes. I wasn’t actually there. However, our little hamlet was the pass-thru to Paul … Continue reading
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Close Enough for Jazz
What an astounding day on Sunday! Over 60 degrees, and sunny! It felt like late Summer. I was doing a little work outside/inside, and got to thinking about jazz. Really’, I said something our loud – the title of the … Continue reading
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The List
Well, folks – my camera is still out of whack. I’ll deal with that at some point soon. The chicky-babes are good! The come out in the morning just like little school girls, and they go in at five each … Continue reading
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Awesome Adirondack Evenings
You know, amidst the rubble, after raking up pieces of roofing from the grass, past picking up glass fragments, on the other side of carrying around piles of boards, and post dumpster-filling, it’s pretty awesome around here. Monday evening for … Continue reading
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Dream House
Does it take four years to firm up the vision of your dream house? Yep. That’s why it’s a true dream house – I started collecting clippings immediately after our first visit to the Adirondacks. I thought, “Hmmm. We should … Continue reading
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