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02 Feb 11 - 03:41 PM (#3087470) Subject: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve The New Beginnings - new foundation (maeve & TL) thread kataughing started for us has hit 500. Some 'Catters find long threads difficult to access, so here's a succeeding chapter. I'll post updates here. Maeve |
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02 Feb 11 - 03:53 PM (#3087477) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: fat B****rd Hello, Maeve. I am one of those 'Catters who has trouble with multi-post threads. You've always been good to me so may I wish you and yours much happiness and good fortune. Best regards from Charlie in Dunfermline |
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02 Feb 11 - 03:56 PM (#3087478) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Awww, thank you, Charlie! I'm happy to know the new thread will bring you wandering over here. Warm regards, Maeve |
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02 Feb 11 - 04:04 PM (#3087480) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Dorothy Parshall What a beautiful space! It would be nice if someone competent could move Jacqui's pics over to this thread? |
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02 Feb 11 - 04:19 PM (#3087485) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Jacqui's yurt photos And the link in the first post should be: "New Beginnings - new foundation (maeve & TL)" |
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02 Feb 11 - 04:39 PM (#3087504) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Dorothy Parshall Thanks, maeve! Hope you are contently snowed in and safe. |
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02 Feb 11 - 04:43 PM (#3087507) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: GUEST,number 6 That is one cool abode ! biLL |
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02 Feb 11 - 05:09 PM (#3087517) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: JennieG Oooohhhhh.......I want one! It's lovely to see your new home taking shape. Cheers JennieG |
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02 Feb 11 - 07:48 PM (#3087598) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Sandra in Sydney welcome to your new thread! May it keep growing (& not overwhelm those who have trouble with multi-post threads!) |
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02 Feb 11 - 07:57 PM (#3087601) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Thanks. If you start having trouble loading this thread, just send me a PM. I'm working on a online Yurt photo album. Access will be reserved to those who send me a PM to request a link; not to be shared with anyone. |
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02 Feb 11 - 08:28 PM (#3087609) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Jeri If you use the links for "d" (50 posts, in descending order) or the number (also 50 posts at a time) you should NOT have problems. I think it's a case of people limiting what they can do here and what forcing OTHER people to do things to accommodate them based on what they are or are not willing to try/learn... unless you guys can't load 50-post threads. Anyway, I look forward to more posts about the progress. I bet you can't wait for your new home to be habitable, but winter sure doesn't seem to be making things easy. All the sweeter when you ARE able to move in. |
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02 Feb 11 - 08:44 PM (#3087617) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve I remember when I had dial-up. Even when I used the tricks mentioned it took a looong time for threads to load. I choose to keep any thread I start at a reasonable size, but if me making a new thread is a problem, just whistle, Jeri. Yes, we are surely looking forward to getting the yurt to move-in condition. Maeve |
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02 Feb 11 - 08:56 PM (#3087622) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Jeri I had a dial-up, and never had a problem with 50-post pages, unless people wrote a LOT. I think it's psychological: pages of 50 posts may seem huge, IF you know it's a page of 50 out of a 500 post thread. Separate threads still have the cumulative total that only one thread would have, but may just feel smaller. Anyway, I'll leave it alone as I'm off-topic, and I'd bet that bothers more people than thread size. It's a bit weird, but when I look at photos of your yurt, I can almost smell the wood. I suppose that wears off after a while, like the new car smell, but it must be very refreshing while it lasts. |
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02 Feb 11 - 09:02 PM (#3087623) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve It does smell good, Jeri. If it wears off we can just set up a ladder and sand some ceiling. I'll let you know when we do! And thanks. |
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02 Feb 11 - 09:17 PM (#3087627) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Jeri I think you can buy essential oil in "cedar", but I hope it's a good long while until the original scent wears off! Think I'll go sniff my Apollonio and work on a better mood... |
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02 Feb 11 - 09:52 PM (#3087640) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Bobert Great home... |
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03 Feb 11 - 01:06 AM (#3087706) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: ChanteyLass Thank you for creating the new thread. Because I had read the old thread from the beginning, I did not have trouble following it. I would scroll down to new posts by their dates. However, when other long threads had started before I was aware of Mudcat, I found reading every reply time-consuming and when I reached the bottom and wanted to post I wondered if I had forgotten something I'd read and was being redundant. Sometimes I was, and people told me so! Oops (and that may still happen)! And when threads were very long, I sometimes skipped them altogether! Sometimes I would read the first few posts and most recent posts to try to decide if I should read all the posts but invariably decided to read them all even if I might forget what I'd read. Anyway, I continue to find your yurt-building fascinating. For people newer to Mudcat than me, I am glad this thread has links to the old thread and to Jacqui's photos. For those who have dial-up, I remember when (not too long ago) all I had was an email machine. No photos, no weblinks, nothing but email texts. It seemed adequate at the time, but I am grateful to have better access now. |
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03 Feb 11 - 02:40 AM (#3087724) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: VirginiaTam Our log home always smelled of wood even 15 years into living in it. It was about 3 years old when we moved in. Of course that is much more exposed surface area of wood. You may get accustomed to the smell and think the scent not strong enough. But if you go away for a couple of days you will realise how strong it is. It also gets stronger in summer time. Every spring and fall I used an upholster brush to vacuum the dust off the log and it would refresh the scent too. Very excited and happy for you and TrueLove. Big grin for and from me this morning reading this thread. |
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03 Feb 11 - 04:27 AM (#3087753) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Wonderful imagery with the Cedar smell, I hope one day we can visit your wonderful new home. Keep warm you Two! |
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03 Feb 11 - 04:46 AM (#3087757) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Liz the Squeak Blessings on it and you.... LTS |
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03 Feb 11 - 08:25 AM (#3087831) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: freda underhill It looks wonderful maeve - congratulations! |
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03 Feb 11 - 09:06 AM (#3087844) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Charley Noble Thanks for reposting the link to Jacque's photos. Do take some more and post them. Charley Noble |
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03 Feb 11 - 09:28 AM (#3087852) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Good morning, hello, and thanks. Charlie, perhaps you missed this a few posts ago: "I'm working on a online Yurt photo album. Access will be reserved to those who send me a PM to request a link; not to be shared with anyone." Maeve |
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03 Feb 11 - 01:29 PM (#3087977) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Herga Kitty It looks great! Kitty |
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03 Feb 11 - 02:16 PM (#3088015) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Photo link has been sent to those who asked. It's a gloriously sunny day here. Cold, and getting colder for the night. |
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04 Feb 11 - 02:19 AM (#3088370) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Sandra in Sydney wishing you as warm a night as possible! sending a few warm hugs again sandra (under a big new fan, trying to get cool!) |
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04 Feb 11 - 09:10 AM (#3088533) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve -15F/-26C here last night. |
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04 Feb 11 - 04:06 PM (#3088789) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Nancy King Brrrr!! |
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05 Feb 11 - 02:42 AM (#3089021) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: mouldy That's seriously cold! How are the chooks dealing with it? Andrea |
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05 Feb 11 - 04:32 AM (#3089042) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said I had the great pleasure of watching the Yurt arising through Maeve's photo record. Just wonderful, this will be such a special home!! Just looking at our snowdrops brings you to mind. Sending warm thoughts across the pond. Love & hugs, Hil x |
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05 Feb 11 - 05:45 AM (#3089068) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Our chooks are fine. They are in a coop inside a shed, with an insulated window for light and passive solar heat. With fresh warm water as often as needed, plenty of layer pellets and grains, and apples, they manage just fine. When it's as cold as it is this week, they also get a warm oat mash with sunflower seeds and yoghurt. Usually they enjoy going outside on sunny days, but we're keeping them inside during this winter of severe weather. At night their own feathers and their roosting neighbors keep them warm. |
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05 Feb 11 - 10:30 AM (#3089172) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: jacqui.c And they are very vocal, as we found when we visited. |
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05 Feb 11 - 02:54 PM (#3089344) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Jacqui, they were just saying, "Salutations and welcome!" We found a sink today; &3. |
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05 Feb 11 - 03:21 PM (#3089353) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Ebbie Speaking of "warm" mash, did you know that is a method frequently used in the 'olden days' to bring mature hens to lay? My grandmother told me about it years ago and I've used it with complete success in the years since. |
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05 Feb 11 - 03:28 PM (#3089357) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: gnu Ebbie... cool! |
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05 Feb 11 - 05:10 PM (#3089428) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve No I didn't know that, Ebbie. It makes sense. Thanks. Typing in the dark in the last post...The sink cost $3. |
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05 Feb 11 - 09:23 PM (#3089529) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: jacqui.c That's great Maeve - a nice bit of recycling! |
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05 Feb 11 - 10:55 PM (#3089561) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Sandra in Sydney Reuse refill recycle as our local recycling folks say |
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06 Feb 11 - 04:38 AM (#3089635) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Sink at $3, well found!! Do you have something like our Freecycle Groups in the US? |
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06 Feb 11 - 08:02 AM (#3089694) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: jacqui.c We do Hils. I've used them a few times, both looking for and getting rid of stuff. Much better than adding to landfills. Maeve - did you have a storm there last night? |
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06 Feb 11 - 08:16 AM (#3089705) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve We had snow, sleet, lightning, thunder, rain, and more snow last night. Does that qualify? |
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06 Feb 11 - 08:19 AM (#3089707) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: jacqui.c That sure do! Hope all is OK this morning. It looks like a pretty day down here. |
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06 Feb 11 - 10:27 AM (#3089785) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Sunshine this morning here also, Jacqui. TL is designing an entrance platform and steps. |
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06 Feb 11 - 05:17 PM (#3090037) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: jacqui.c Oh, Great! I was going to bring a step stool next time I visited. It can be a real problem, being vertically challenged. |
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07 Feb 11 - 12:00 PM (#3090473) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Hope the storm has passed! |
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07 Feb 11 - 12:17 PM (#3090485) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve "Hallelujah! The great storm is over. Lift up your wings and Fly!" |
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07 Feb 11 - 12:48 PM (#3090510) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Ebbie Another thing my grandmother used to say: When there is a thunderstorm whatever season it is in will intensify: i.e. in summer it will turn hotter, in winter it will bring colder weather. I don't see how that is possible in your case, however! |
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07 Feb 11 - 02:07 PM (#3090565) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve I like learning grandmother and grandfather sayings, Ebbie. In our case, today brought a blue mackerel sky with temperatures in the forties (F). It also brought the utility company to connect our new meter and install the new cable. Best of all, today brought the first egg of spring from one of our bantams. I do believe we'll make it to another spring. Maeve |
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07 Feb 11 - 07:56 PM (#3090796) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Charley Noble Maeve- Oh, bantams, my favorite fowl! Charley Noble |
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07 Feb 11 - 08:05 PM (#3090801) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Ours too, Charley. |
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07 Feb 11 - 08:28 PM (#3090815) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Sandra in Sydney did you have half an egg each for brekkie? |
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07 Feb 11 - 08:37 PM (#3090819) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve It's a funny thing, Sandra; I always have to admire the first egg for a day or two. It seems to me a pearl of beauty; almost a holy thing, coming in the midst of winter cold. Maybe tomorrow! |
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08 Feb 11 - 07:48 AM (#3091050) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: jacqui.c Enjoy that egg! |
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09 Feb 11 - 06:00 AM (#3091634) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Allan C. A New Englander once quoted what he described as a local saying (Vermont, I believe,) "Use it up. Wear it out. Make it do or do without." Congrats on the sink deal. |
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09 Feb 11 - 08:43 AM (#3091715) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Bobert $3 sink??? Why so much??? Jus' funnin'.... Is it a pedestal or wall mount??? (Could be a kitchen sink, Bobz???) Oh, is it a kitchen sink??? Reminds me of when we moved in here and I was building out the kitchen and I had an old heavy plastic utility sink that I used at a project in Winschester... So I'd jerry-rig it at night so we could wash dishes and then take it out the following morning so I could work... Have sink, will travel... lol... B~ |
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10 Feb 11 - 05:01 AM (#3092309) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Morning Maeve, raining here today! Hope Spring is starting to show more and that the thaw is starting. Sending warm thoughts, love & hugs, Hil x |
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10 Feb 11 - 06:20 AM (#3092337) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: mouldy Glad to hear there's been a bit more progress. And big congrats who whoever laid the egg! It's perhaps a sign that although we may not always be able to feel spring round the corner, the animals and birds can! Remember, every little piece going into the yurt (however small) is one less to be done! Andrea x |
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10 Feb 11 - 09:22 AM (#3092436) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: SINSULL An egg! Means more sunlight! All good. I think of you every morning maeve when I rise to cold floors and cold walls. It is bitter cold. Stay safe. Mary |
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10 Feb 11 - 11:23 AM (#3092491) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Thanks, Mary. We be safe. Not comfortable or particularly happy, but safe. Sink- It's just a stainless steel largish bar sink; something that might be useful somewhere. We're in a holding pattern until the extreme cold weather pattern breaks. There is no progress except that the utility company did come to run a cable from the utility pole to the yurt. There's one outlet, in the basement. Chickadees are all singing the spring song, never mind the 5-6 foot piles of snow with 2-3 feet of the stuff on the ground and buildings. |
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10 Feb 11 - 11:48 AM (#3092514) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Bobert Stainless for $3... Call the sheriff and turn yerselves in... I wish shipping a sink wasn't so expensive... I took a wonderful bathroom sink out of the hotel... It is large wall mount and has two really nice chrome legs for the front corners so it is handicap accessible... Probably from the 20's... Never seen anything quite like it... Oh well... B~ |
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11 Feb 11 - 06:41 AM (#3093041) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve This morning's inside temperature is 23F/-5C, outside it's -12F/-24C. |
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11 Feb 11 - 07:36 AM (#3093070) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Holding you in my warm thoughts! Your strength is amazing! |
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11 Feb 11 - 08:00 AM (#3093078) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Bobert Sounds like Virginia weather, maeve... 14F here on the Blue Ridge Mountain... Sounds as if yer getting some warming from the basement... That's a good thing... Got Mr. Sun going and next thing ya' know it'll be right comfy in the yurtsburg... B~ |
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11 Feb 11 - 08:30 AM (#3093098) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Good morning, Bobert. We're still living in the camper. It's very cold; 23 inside and 16 below zero outside. We have no water again...frozen solid. I'm sick with a bad cold (that's what I get for performing in a concert in the outside world!) Glad you're doing ok, though. Best of luck with selling your house. Your sink sounds nice. We used to have a nice little restaurant in the village, and they had great deep double basin sinks in the bathrooms. We're still figuring out what we want for our bathroom and what we can afford. Keep well, Maeve |
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11 Feb 11 - 02:57 PM (#3093403) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve I just read my last entry again. Sounds like I'm whinging; don't mean to do so. |
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11 Feb 11 - 04:52 PM (#3093472) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Hardly whinging Sweet Maeve. You're coping, coping well under the circumstances. Hugs!!! |
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11 Feb 11 - 05:03 PM (#3093483) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: gnu Main thing sleeping in those temps is making sure ya got enough "insulation" under ya. Better to have lots of blankets or whatever UNDER even moreso than over. Yer sleepin in a trailer so the matresses are thin and that's BAD. Yer cold could easily be bronchitis caused by cold from UNDER you. Cut some fir boughs and put em under a blanket under the matress. Smells nice too. |
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11 Feb 11 - 05:31 PM (#3093501) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Thanks, Hils and gnu. Good idea, gnu. Balsam fir would smell good. The mattress is a thick normal one, and it's the warmest place in the camper. The water tank is under there and acts as insulation from the outside cold. It's the pipes between the tank and the sink that have frozen. My cold is a viral infection from the sneezing audience at the concert. I usually don't eat public refreshments at concerts, but I was hungry. My mistake. Asthma makes an ordinary cold feel worse. I haven't had a cold for years. |
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11 Feb 11 - 05:56 PM (#3093517) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: gnu If you have a regular mattress, the fir is best left on the tree. Pine gum boiled on the stove in small amounts will help with the cold but I suppose that would be a bad thing to do in a trailer. No need to wake up with yer hair frozen to the window. I have seen that and it was hilarious at the time but not good in the long run. An alternative is to stick a small drop of pine gum on the back of your eye teeth before you go to bed at night. Just make sure it's well stuck between the two eye theeth just below the gum line. |
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11 Feb 11 - 06:01 PM (#3093523) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve I hear you on the window freezing thing, gnu. Our pillows are either wet or frozen to the window most mornings, from the condensation on the window. Even with weatherproofing plastic over the window, the contrast in temperatures pulls moisture out of the air. |
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11 Feb 11 - 06:04 PM (#3093525) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: The Fooles Troupe For under bed insulation, try a couple - side by side to cover under the whole mattress if larger than a bedroll/sleeping bag - those yoga mates/camping mats. I used to use them and a scrap of carpet when sleeping on the ground when camping. I also found that wrapping myself in a queens bed size doona (a synthetic one not a feather one) - the size is almost double a single bed - would help a lot, the under as well as over. If you can get scraps of that blue house insulation paper, try some under the mattress too. |
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11 Feb 11 - 06:27 PM (#3093537) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Jeri My mom lived in a mobile home and used heat tape on her pipes. I think it just uses enough electricity to stay above freezing. I'm sorry you're sick living in a cold environment usually helps keep you from catching cold, but if you have one, try to stay warm. I'd make you some chicken soup if I lived closer, AND if I weren't afraid of offending your chickens. |
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11 Feb 11 - 06:46 PM (#3093550) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Hey there, Jeri. I don't discuss our menu with our bantams. We are warm in bed, even if it means wearing hats and layers. We are warm out of bed, again wearing hats and layers. By mid-afternoon, we can shuck the hats and coats. We just have to work harder at staying warm when the weather is so very cold. We haven't had any cold viruses here for quite a while, but when I am part of a concert I find that viruses and bacteria tend to follow me home, no matter how I try to prevent it. I've heard the heat tape works pretty well under a mobile home. We don't have a way to run one or plug it in at this point. We've packed snow all around the camper and up the walls, and there is no external outlet. Foolstroupe, thanks for stopping by. I'm sure those good ideas for insulating a bed in a camper will help someone who is reading this thread. Maeve |
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11 Feb 11 - 06:52 PM (#3093559) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Hello Guest. The chooks get lovely warm porridge and other delights as needed. They are fine. The heat tapes work fine in the right applications. |
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11 Feb 11 - 07:05 PM (#3093569) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve I don't know where that post went, Guest. I saw it the first time you posted it. Maeve |
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11 Feb 11 - 07:05 PM (#3093570) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: gnu That was me with the heat tracing... tossed my cookie somehow. |
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11 Feb 11 - 07:08 PM (#3093572) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve I should have known, gnu, with the satellite reference. I bet the lost cookie explains the vanishing post. |
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11 Feb 11 - 07:49 PM (#3093599) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Janie My sympathies, Maeve, for the cold, and especially for the frozen pipes. That was the biggest hassle, as well as the most expensive when they busted, that we had during our 6 years of living in a travel trailer. (And our idea of a cold snap was usually a series of nights when the temps dropped below 20F and the days didn't get above freezing.) |
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11 Feb 11 - 07:57 PM (#3093608) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Thanks, Janie. This too shall pass. |
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11 Feb 11 - 08:22 PM (#3093625) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Bobert Danged... If I could only think of a way to get the trailer in the yurt... Where's John in Kansas???... Hey, how about clear plastic, like half a tent, from the roof to the ground on the south side of the trailer to act as a solar collector??? Yeah, yea might have to get a piece large enough to go over the entire trailer but if you could corral some solar that might help... 23 degrees inside is dangerously cold to be living in... I mean, eskimos do better in igloos... Burrrrrrr.... B~ |
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11 Feb 11 - 08:32 PM (#3093633) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve We're fine, no worries, Bobert. Pretty soon we'll be on the other side of this bitter cold, and then we can get going on the yurt again. Goodnight, y'all. |
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12 Feb 11 - 12:26 AM (#3093735) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: ChanteyLass Good morning, Maeve! If I were living in a 23-degree indoor environment, I would have tears frozen to my face. You and Truelove are much hardier than I. And having frozen pipes, too . . . . I remember being without running water, and I was not a happy camper (even though I was living in a house). I hope today (I'm posting past midnight) is warmer than yesterday. The only thing I can suggest is wool (or electric mattress pads which, since heat rises, are, I hope, more effective than electric blankets). |
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12 Feb 11 - 07:47 PM (#3094096) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Cuilionn Maeve-- Last Sunday I dropped by the UCC church in New Gloucester, Maine. The pastor's sermon opened with the following quote, which elicited much rueful laughter from her congregation: "As Joseph Krutch said, 'The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.'" Thought of you--and then went home and spent some time defrosting OUR pipes, too. --Cuilionn, your sister in Winter Solidarity |
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12 Feb 11 - 08:01 PM (#3094107) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: The Fooles Troupe It's currently 23 degrees here, but 23 degrees Centigrade is not all that bad .... |
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13 Feb 11 - 06:53 AM (#3094272) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Sandra in Sydney I also prefer our 23˚C |
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26 Feb 11 - 08:50 PM (#3103325) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: katlaughing Holy Cow, I have missed a bunch! I hope by now your cold is gone and you are feeling better, Maeve. And, that Spring is just around the corner! luvyakat |
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26 Feb 11 - 09:48 PM (#3103346) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: freda underhill 23 - minus 5! that's tough. the chooks sound warm though! yes, I hope it's a bit warmer there now! freda |
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27 Feb 11 - 07:22 AM (#3103483) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve In the last thread,revived when Max kindly took time to look at Jacqui's photo link, Sandra asked about the weather. This past week, we had just cleared two feet of snow off of the yurt roof in time to have the wood stove and insulated chimney pipe installed. By the next morning we had another blizzard raging which left us with another 12-plus feet of snow. We cleared that out and this morning have another storm moving through. |
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27 Feb 11 - 07:41 AM (#3103496) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Umm, make that "another 12 INCHES of snow." |
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27 Feb 11 - 11:28 AM (#3103599) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: VirginiaTam Oh Maeve, sorry to hear you are cold. I always have hot water bottle at my feet when sleeping in caravan. Makes a huge difference and lasts almost the entire night. |
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27 Feb 11 - 12:13 PM (#3103636) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Stilly River Sage Are you able to start using that stove right away, or do things have to sit undisturbed for a while? Any adhesives or insulating materials that need to cure, or are you good to go? SRS |
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27 Feb 11 - 01:53 PM (#3103720) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Stilly, anyone who asked me for the photo link can enjoy photos of the wood stove merrily burning away in the yurt. Tam, we're not cold, truly! It takes energy, effort, and various strategies to achieve it, but we are warm even when the camper air is cold. |
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27 Feb 11 - 04:51 PM (#3103825) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: ChanteyLass Happy to hear the stove has been installed and is working. When the fire was lit, your faces must have lit up, too. |
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27 Feb 11 - 05:22 PM (#3103845) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Sandra in Sydney wow! I hope you spent a good amount of time in your chairs in front of the fire, with table holding a warm drink! it will be a comfy place to inhabit in (snow) stormy weather sandra |
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27 Feb 11 - 05:32 PM (#3103854) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: SINSULL Heat! MCongratulations! That 5" of snow last night on top of Friday's foot was adding insult to injury. At least the sun is high and it will melt faster than the last mess. Progress is really good news, maeve. Thanks for sharing. Mary |
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28 Feb 11 - 03:44 PM (#3104495) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: My guru always said Wonderful news about the stove and chimmney installation! It's going to be so cosy. Wishing you warm and sending love and hugs! |
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28 Feb 11 - 04:03 PM (#3104511) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Crowhugger Congratulations on your first burn! |
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28 Feb 11 - 04:54 PM (#3104543) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: maeve Thank you. |
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28 Feb 11 - 05:14 PM (#3104550) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: Bobert Nuthin' better than a wood stove... For heat, that is... B;~) |
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28 Feb 11 - 05:15 PM (#3104552) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: The Fooles Troupe 100! Ah - that feels better - haven't done it in a while ... :-P |
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28 Feb 11 - 05:25 PM (#3104556) Subject: RE: BS: It's a Yurt...Maeve & Truelove From: The Fooles Troupe "Nuthin' better than a wood stove... For heat, that is" I'm a great fan of combustion heating, but I think the best warmth is from a friend who wants you to be very close.... hmmm enough of that .... |