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Gary O
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# Posted: 14 Feb 2019 10:21
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Quoting: manny I could stand it if you make it
Masochism looks good on ya, manny
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creeky
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# Posted: 14 Feb 2019 10:30
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Life looks good out there. How could we not want more?
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Gary O
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# Posted: 14 Feb 2019 10:49
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Well, OK
Gimme some days
Snow tending is eatin' up large chunks of daylight
Y'know, you guys could do the same....
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 14 Feb 2019 16:53
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Gary O there are people on YouTube making money on videos and if they get enough subscribers companies are sending useful things to them in the hope that if the product is something great a little review is done.
I see how many views you have here and on a few other web sites. I know people are extremely interested in full time off griders.
Something to think about......
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Gary O
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# Posted: 14 Feb 2019 21:25
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Quoting: silverwaterlady Gary O there are people on YouTube making money on videos and if they get enough subscribers
Well that’s a thought
Thing is, I don’t really care to get too into it as to attract sponsors (or whatever they’re called)
I just thought it fun for friends
Doing another book is enough
But
Who knows
Maybe I could get into it
Just for funzies
Tiz a thought
Right now a nap is a bit pressing
(priorities)
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Gary O
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2019 11:52 - Edited by: Gary O
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This time of year dictates a different focus
Getting out
Getting to the well
Getting wood
Getting anywhere
Even to the poophouse
Especially the poophouse
Gotta keep the paths clear
The roofs have their special needs
Glad for the slick metal
And for roof pitch
The A frame cabin is at 58°
A turkey to cut those angles (took two runs thru the saw), but worthy
I did use comp roofing, but no matter at that pitch
The shop is at 45° (12/12 pitch)
Easy peasy with the sliding miter saw
and slick
The main cabin?
Design dictated a low roof pitch
So, I built it for ten feet of snow
Same with the two bump outs on the A frame
(snow is a good insulation)
The pines have these not so small tree bombs
Gotta wear something with a hood after a good snow
Their little joke is filling yer neck if you don’t
The nice thing, tending to the snow is my winter workout
Critters are up early this morn
Zippy is gettin' a bit chubby
May invite him for dinner (heh heh)
I shoulda done a vid of the Steller’s jay attempting breakfast at the suet block
Hilarious
Heh, snowing again
You’d think its winter
Y'all keep a fire
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FishHog
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2019 18:56
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Gary I greatly enjoy your posts and humour
Up for the weekend at a friends cottage and it took us a full day to get paths to everything important. The poop house took a bit of work as the bottom of the door was frozen in from some freezing rain a few weeks ago but made it before it got urgent
Seems to take all day just too keep alive. But hope there is time to fish tomorrow
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Gary O
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2019 20:48 - Edited by: Gary O
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Quoting: FishHog The poop house took a bit of work as the bottom of the door was frozen in
Y’know, when I built the bucket loo, I put a little trap door in the back for bucket removal
Thought it to be rather ingenious
Until it snowed
And snowed
And iced over
Took only the first part of the winter to redesign
Hinged the front of the seating area
Now I just lift the lid from the back of the seating area, and presto
Even screwed in an overspray shield (piece of 1 gal milk jug), that naturally goes into place when the lid is dropped back down
It sits quite comfy too, with the cloth seat cover
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Gary O
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2019 09:55
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Yesterday looked decent
Decided to go the twenty five miles south to pick up mail, and get 15 gal of fuel for the gennys
Got out unto the hwy 97 skating rink
Feathered the brake to check ice content…just slid
Eased into the throttle….didn’t gain speed, just spun
Decided to go the two miles to the little country store and get my gas there, where the price is only double and they have the uncanny ability to mix water with their gas, screw the mail
On the way, about a mile down the road, a limping wolf hobbled across the hwy
Musta got into a rancher’s trap
Man, they’re gettin’ a bit too plentiful
Spent the rest of the morn and into the afternoon helping an ol’ gal blow out her road
Actually, she and my lady talked about chikins and tumors on dogs while my young buddy blew out her road….rather shoveled, had to use the bucket, too iced up to blow
She gave us some eggs in payment, and is settling up with the kid
Barely had enough light to do my own chores, but they got done
Today looked better
Decided to get the mail, and jaunt the other 25 miles into the big city (gotta take the opportunity when it comes, even though it’s been less than a week)
Man, the roads were dry as unbuttered popcorn
Sweet trip
Looked at guns (always look at guns)
Ate at the Asian buffet
Loaded up on hot and sour soup
Seems a great laxative
Stopped at DMV to get my license renewed
Posed for a horrendously comical mug shot
Funny, how when young it matters
Anyway, we picked up a few more groceries and cracked corn for the critters and juncos
And headed back to the cabin
In the snow
Wasn’t supposed to snow
Once we got home, the sky cleared
Supposed to be nice tomorrow
Gonna change oils on gennys amongst the other chores, then check on a hunting friend’s cabin and property to see if any trees did any damage
I’d like to take some space here to expound a bit on how well Little Joe the Wrangler has held up.
It’s only got a quarter million miles on it, but it has always taken us where we needed to go, including a bit of stump jumping
Funny how, when one keeps the fluids and filters changed, how long a hunk of machinery can last
I’ve only had to change out the oil pressure sensor and a couple other incidental wear type things
Oh, and it’s on its third rag top
A bit of a time to install a new one, but worth it
Summers, with the top down and doors off, become exhilarating…at any speed
(aged greying hair can get tousled at 27 mph)
Paid $11,999 cash for it back in ‘99
Anyway, Little Joe still looks and acts like he’s young
Maybe that’s why we get along so well
He even posed for some pics
after hearing the song dogs tonight, I took some night pics for fun
not a big deal, turns out
still, thinking about that wounded wolf gets one's imagination going about what's beyond the darkness
Keep a fire
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2019 12:19
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Really like your gig here. Just went through the pictures of the snow . Too cool man ! I really like this time of year. I've been working remote from home for a while and haven't been able to get to the cabin in a while. I know the snow is pretty deep. I still need to get a bunch of supplies in. 8 miles by snow gos. So thats always ok. The snow should have been shaken off the roof from all the earthquakes. Like weekly. Any more folks don't even care to acknowledge a 3 .o .
I regress . Oh well hope you don't mind, kinda. It's easy for me to slip into cabin mode. I may not be able to be home or at the cabin but I'm still in Alaska. Reading scf , drinking coffee with my squeeze , beautiful wife, and watching the sun come up over the Pacific surrounded by snow capped mountains sitting in the tongass national forest.
Sounds like you know how to live on your wins !
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2019 12:23 - Edited by: Aklogcabin
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Oops I think I should have hit the green button more.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 2 Mar 2019 23:36
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Quoting: Aklogcabin watching the sun come up over the Pacific surrounded by snow capped mountains sitting in the tongass national forest
Got a lifelong buddy south of you near Klawock on Prince of Wales islQuoting: Aklogcabin I regress . Oh well hope you don't mind, kinda. It's easy for me to slip into cabin mode.
Never a prob on this thread
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Aklogcabin
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# Posted: 3 Mar 2019 12:03
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Thanks Gary O . I can get along in the woods pretty well but computers, not so much . Took me over 6 months to figure out how to answer my phone when my beautiful wife would call without hanging up first.
My beautiful wife and I want to spend a month or so this summer at the cabin. I’m hoping to be able to fly home for Easter weekend and load the family up and head out to the cabin for a couple days.
The chores are mearly a part of it all that makes it great. I suspect that those aches n pains didn’t happen because you were sitting on the couch.
And you live in the middle of the woods because , well you really like the woods, but you really want to keep your squeeze all to yourself. And there’s always something that you can do together. And you kinda dig that.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2019 00:10
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Quoting: Aklogcabin And there’s always something that you can do together. And you kinda dig that.
Yeah, I did a little poetic prose thing that talks about what you’re saying
(I’ve post this before, but, hey)
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manny
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2019 14:03
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You got the touch, my lad
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Gary O
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# Posted: 17 Mar 2019 10:46
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Someone said ‘we only live once’
I couldn’t argue with that
…until I read what someone else said ‘we only die once, we live every day’
Gonna be another great day
gonna live it
....to the fullest
keep the fire...within
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rockies
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# Posted: 30 Mar 2019 17:59 - Edited by: rockies
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A picture is worth a 1000 words  
Before Joining Small Cabin Forum
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Gary O
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# Posted: 1 Apr 2019 09:04
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well...
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Gary O
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# Posted: 29 May 2019 01:15
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May 26, twenty nineteen….it snowed
not a bunch
but enough
Even though covered, the freshly planted tomato plants froze
Pulled the pathetically limp things outa the soil
They are now compost
It’s my busy season
But, this is my sorta diary, so
I best post some, here and there
In late spring, one forgets the harrowing winter
And the winds that come with it
Cold wind is….colder
Blowing down trees wherever it wishes
Trees that never were considered would snap, snap like dry twigs
One learns
Prepares
Hopes
Breathes sighs of relief
Or
Begins repairs
Dawns seem to keep coming
weather can be predicted just by going outside
Things are settled at present
back to 'normal'
The chippies are basking in the morning rays
Seem very deep in thought
when in reality
Anyway
We get the birds
Never knew how much I enjoyed them
They are truly a pleasantry
Some comedic, some gloriously regal, some quite tiny
Have yet this spring to have the large shadows float over me
But they’ll come
Hawks of all kinds
Coopers
Redtails
A baldy here and there
Turkey vultures are fun
Took a moment to make a sound vid of a little guy with a pretty voice
He had some things to say in his charming tune
Here’s some lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKZiEeiO0E
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Gary O
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# Posted: 18 Jun 2019 19:48 - Edited by: Gary O
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We are moving
…..to town
It’s time
Just not really into another winter
Five winters at five/six feet of snow and ice is enough
The challenges have been met
The discomfort of getting warm has begun to outweigh the pristine beauty
For the first few years, we’d sit here, looking rather smug at each other, all warm and cozy, with the confidence that we weren’t going to freeze to freaking death in our rockers after all.
But
The toil of that seasonal achievement has worn a bit
Time to write about it all
Gonna miss some things here
The view from the shop will be no more
The simple glimpse out the shop door, giving a rush of memories of design and build of doors I had no idea would work so well, let alone the aesthetics to my complete satisfaction
A lota happenings occurred during this leg of our being
‘Course I’ll always have the memories…well, not always, probably
But
For awhile
Even during the most arduous of chores, I’d pause a bit, rest, look, enjoy
I won’t have a goodly portion of that in town
But
There will be joys
New experiences
Time
Time to actually write
I’ve compiled scads of events, thoughts
Heh, I’ll prolly scrap those and start all over
I will use those for memory jogs, however
Anyway, getting close to moving day
Nothing will be the same here
And it shouldn’t be
It’d be a bit of a bore
And THAT…would be a travesty
Our little bungalow will become my writing venue
Need that
Otherwise,
I’ll never put another book together
I’ll miss some things
You bet I will
The unsettled morning sky
The hovering mist over the marsh beyond our tiny meadow, cradling that steadfast little mountain dubbed Yamsi by ancient natives,
‘North Wind’ to you and me.
The grazing deer most afternoons now
The crunch of fresh fallen snow in early winter
The absolute stillness when winter is deep and mature
The brightness of the myriad of heavenly orbs on a moonless midnight
A full moon on the summer horizon
The cool evening shadows on what my lady and I built
But what I know I’ll miss most…
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Is my little buddy
All Goldens flee in my presence
But this one
He came up to me just moments ago, walking t’ward me on his hind legs
Little hand outstretched, ever so gently caressing my finger to steady hisself while carefully mouthing the peanut shell
We’ll be gone soon
…and so will he
But, I’ve come to realize, missing things are not losses
They’re realizations
And I will surely write about it all
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darz5150
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# Posted: 18 Jun 2019 20:16
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Good Luck in All that you do.
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hattie
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# Posted: 18 Jun 2019 22:55
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I'm sad for you both that you have to leave your homemade paradise. Nothing can take away the amazing memories you have made! You lived the life many just dream of!
Best wishes to you and Cabingal. Keep us posted on your new adventure!
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Just
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 09:17
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Gess we are all waitng for that apifame that says its time. I hope I know it when it comes . Or did I miss it??
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FishHog
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 09:25
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Well life should be about adventures. So let the new one begin
Have enjoyed your presence over the years so I hope you stick around
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Gary O
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 11:21
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Quoting: hattie Keep us posted on your new adventure!
Surely will
Quoting: FishHog Well life should be about adventures. So let the new one begin
Truer words have not been typed
Thanks, guys
Keep that fire
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 11:27
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going to enjoy my kitchen at our little new place.
gonna binge watch Naked and Afraid.
gonna have my spinning wheel inside our living room so i can sit and spin more.
love our woods but we sold it to our son.he said we can come out here anytime and stay.
so all is wonderful.
we keep in touch with julie to oregon.she has a cute little house now.
wants us to come over and see her latest decor.
so we will be in town near Julie.
lots of fun times ahead.
i am taking my plants and planting them in the raised beds Gar made.winters are not as bad where we are moving to.i can actually garden.
thanks everyone
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ckary
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 15:51
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Just read the entire 51 pages, and realized I arrived just in time for the new beginning. I'm 49 years old and aspire to live half as well as you both have in the last 9 years! Loved the whole journey; don't stop now!
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Gary O
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 19:27
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Quoting: ckary I'm 49 years old and aspire to live half as well as you both have in the last 9 years
It's always a hope that our doings are some sorta inspiration.
...I mean, if we can do it...hey.....y'all got this
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KelVarnsen
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 20:03
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Quoting: ckary Just read the entire 51 pages, and realized I arrived just in time for the new beginning. I'm 49 years old and aspire to live half as well as you both have in the last 9 years!
I'm a few months away from 49 and going on 4 years into my cabin journey. My cabin (and my family, of course) is my passion currently. I hope to have a solid 30+ years of cabin life ahead of me and I hope I have 51 pages of posts to show for it.
Love this forum and it's been great to draw inspiration from you Gary. Best of luck. I'm sure many good times await you.
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 19 Jun 2019 20:26
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Your doing s are very inspirational Gary and Cabi. Ive admired your bravery and dedication and team work for years here.
Im a little sad that your leaving the cabin but at least its your sons now and you can visit !
I wish you both good health and much happiness in your new home. Youre a great team. Hello to Julie !!
Lisa. ðŸ˜
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