Finding the right place

The first step seems to be finding the right place. It has to be fairly level, pretty near our dirt road so that my son can manage to walk from the road to the house and back again. I want some sunlight, which on my forested land will be a challenge, especially since I love trees and don't want to carelessly cut them down.

I thought for a moment I'd found a good spot.

And then the calypso orchids, rare and delicate, showed up.

Well, maybe a bit further away.

The return and the start

It's not new. My children were raised in the woods, and for well over 20 years we all lived among the trees and the wild things. But life changes, and we ended up in town. And now life changes once more; with our town place, and our business, in a very fragile place due to sale of the property we rent, I have turned once again to the land, seeking to build a place that will be a safe and good home for my youngest son, who has many health issues, for myself, for my partner, and for our assorted companion critters.

We don't have much cash. But we have vision. This blog is a place for me to work out the step by step happenings as we move...forward? backward? into the woods.