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• Words

  
  

  Words for this week…. Noggin, plans, sketches, pegging out, happy, cold, excited, freezing, bright, squelchy, cake, share, flowerpots, allotment, glass, tea, plastic, mist, tin, posts, robin, dig, soup, bonfire, boots, tape, snow, thermometer, straw, pegs, biscuits, crunchy, forks, water, ice, trees, autumn, berries, dig, artichoke, volunteer, joy……. apart from tea and biscuits these are words […]

• Misty Days

  
  

• Snowy days

  
  

• stake out!

  
  

  Staking out the areas for the yurt and the straw bale building – fantastic to be visualising and walking the space Suddenly it all seems real – how amazing!

• Drawings

  
  

  In time honoured Boot Up! tradition – time for tea and biccies! Matt explaining his initial ideas Matt shows us some images of a straw bale house he has designed built locally – we are going to go and see it! already the drawings are taking shape, the sketches bring the project to life – […]

• Exciting Times

  
  

  An important visitor, Matt, who is going to design our Eco-Tect project straw bale building. He arrived in sub zero temperatures to walk the space and get some ideas Matt showing the project team his portfolio Such amazing work

• Being Daff -t

  
  

  January 14th. Despite the air temperature being -1 and heavy frost on the ground following heavy snowfall last week, it looks as though nature is winning through – soon be spring

• Community forming…

  
  

  Great day. Cold but lots of tea, talk, planning, designing, marking out, inviting and digging to warm us up.The sound of people enjoying the garden; groups forming, atmosphere building. Robins unsure at first; so many people in their private space; getting braver as the day goes on.Contrast to, but just as beautiful as, the calmer […]

• polytunnel in a flap

  
  

  This is my first visit since Christmas – great to be back. Predictions of heavy snow for today have become heavy rain, so most of the snow has vanished now. I’m digging in the polytunnel to keep out of the rain. High winds are causing nextdoor polytunnel repair to flap – unfortunately anchoring only lasted […]

• A different pace

  
  

• christmas lunch

  
  

• A few moments of exploring

  
  

  3 of us there today. A new friend (making a fantastic composter)Discussion about changing winters in Finland, polar bears, distance from nature, community, and a collaborative profound belief in this project. 2 try to decide what to do today. Do we do or make or be?Decided to explore. Time to feel the place. See what’s […]