A collection of photos from our last month and a half in South Dakota.
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| In mid-August, Connor's sister Jenny and her friend Elizabeth came to visit us, and they were soon joined by Connor's aunt Judy, uncle Travis, and cousin Miranda. It was a welcome chance of pace and we had a wonderful time visiting with everyone. |
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| Throughout the summer Connor and I sat through many high-severity storms with fast winds that pushed water underneath the garage door and into the cabin. None of our blanket tricks worked. |
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| Connor picks wild plums for a berry crisp |
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| We can hardly keep up with our daily produce - in season now are cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, popcorn, herbs, green peppers, and jalepinos. |
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| Mati and Emily shell beans while I make sage bundles |
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| Giant carrots continued to grow without our noticing |
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| Sweet corn, carrots, runner beans, bush beans, and tomatoes to be frozen or stored |
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| Another hopefully ripe watermelon to test, this one over 25 lbs... |
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| Turns out to actually be ripe and delicious! |
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| Yield from our popcorn plants after drying for 3 weeks. |
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| My sister Emily helps us paint with colors donated from Maureen Fischer. We went mostly with browns... |
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| With a splash of pomegranate red in our kitchen. |
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| Mati and Connor build a front porch |
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| The front is complete |
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| Michael Fields and his friend Ben help finish our interior painting |
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| Door trim |
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| Window trim with a stool and apron |
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| The beginnings of a kitchen counter |
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| Turquoise blue bathroom and kitchen, both in progress |
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| Our laminate flooring, 95% complete |
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| Our boss from the conservation district agreed to take our chickens and their coop - they didn't seem to mind riding sideways on their roost and their new home means no slaughtering! |
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| A full box of cherry tomatoes for my mother |
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| And a box of canning tomatoes brought home to Naperville |
Connor and I will return to finish the Tiny Home after our marriage on Sept. 26th, and plan on living in it for a few weeks after our honeymoon and before our next adventure: Colorado. We'll post once more on the finished interior and living in a 128 sq.ft. living space!
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike. - John Muir
