Pause for a moment, and enjoy it
And the same is true for Novembers…
A stone roof
A stone roof… it’s hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that a roof can be built that would last… well… practically forever.
A well worn path…
What a great cabin. It appears the cabin on the right was likely the original home and that the one of the left, with it’s “cat’s head” roof was later on creating a breezeway between the two.
What do you do with your spare time?
I would think that a man could build one of these, working on weekends, in five years, maybe more.
And it would stand for centuries.
He wouldn’t need a gym membership.
His wife wouldn’t worry about him getting into mischief.
And when finished he could keep an eye out for invading armies.
It doesn’t get any better than that!
Or… he could put the same effort into building a dream home in the country. Now that’s an idea!
It’s all about the corners
Here we have a log outbuilding… most likely a place for curing meat.
Like all log structures the secret to it’s strength is in the corners. All of the bearing weight of a cabin is carried to the corners and then down to the stones located on the four corners. No other foundation work is needed other than to keep the wind and animals out from under the house (which admittedly are very nice features)
The logs themselves, other than the very ends, contribute nothing more to a house than filling in the space in between the corners (and looking good of course… which is also a nice feature). 🙂
Quality features made affordable
One of the advantages in building small is that quality becomes affordable. Take for example this little cottage with it’s cedar shingle roof, wood siding, masonry chimney, and precious windows.
Wood… an amazing material
I do marvel at how everything that a family needs to build a farm is provided by a group of trees… even the fencing seen here is all wood.
A “dressed up” log cabin
A coat of whitewash and some red trim really “dressed” this cabin up didn’t it?
A stone cottage in a pastoral setting
Spring is only six months away!
Think outside of the box
Why not consider doing something others would consider crazy?… be frivolous!
Be assured that practically anything that you can build out of stone will be beautiful when done.