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"When you know who you are and what you stand for, you stand in wisdom" - Oprah Winfrey 

“Speak your mind — even if your voice shakes” - Maggie Kuhn

a) front door
b) 9-box organizer
c) dining room table
d) bookshelf
e) firewood rack

f) fireplace
g) tub
h) wardrobe
i) nightstand
j) bed

k) dresser
l) back door
m) toilet
n) organizer
o) vanity

p) kitchen sink
q) refrigerator
r) stove
s) closet

See the legend to the left to get a feel for the amount of floor area involved.

Bob Edwards took the first three pictures on this row the day he wrote the story about my yurt. A little has changed since spring: I painted my front door, installed insulated screen windows in the front and back doors, and added the clothesline. 

Inside things may look the same, but the ceiling is now insulated, the air-tight wood stove is installed and my shower is almost done.

This is a picture of me beside my solar panels.

This is my new air-tight wood stove. I love it and it sure makes the yurt extra cozy.

Danny gave me these fence posts so I could better define my corners. Today I made the trellis from old pipe and two different kinds of fence. In front of the trellis I planted three morning glories.

Danny gave me some rough fence posts which I stacked in the front corners of the yard to give it a sense of defined space. the lilies are growing (so is the grass).

My friend Mitch gave me this azalea last year. It is indeed beautiful. Thanks Mitch!

Paul and my friend Trilce came down today and helped me put the 2nd layer of insulation and the outside cover on the river side of the yurt.

Many have emailed asking for a view of the back side of my yurt, so here it is.

Last fall my friend Randy gave me some day lilies. They are so beautiful.

At least once a week someone asks if I have a bathroom, here it is. I love the tub!

Yesterday Charlie and I put down the first stages of a 3' wide gravel walkway around most of the yurt.

I built a trellis for the raspberry vines I brought from Danny's farm last year. You can't see it, but I transplanted a second row using the vines that had layered over the winter.

Billie found me this cool organizer. With it I can eliminate two more pieces of furniture. More wide open space. Yeah!

Paul and Natalie came up earlier this week and helped me put on the new side cover Billie and I sewed the previous week. This side now has two layers of bubble wrap and the green tarpaulin. This side is completely done except for the windows.

Last week I finished putting the cabinets in and today Paul cut the kick plate and put it in place.

The left side of the kitchen is coming together. My reworked wood cook stove came from Carpet Baggers Antiques in Oak Hill, WV.

The kitchen cabinets are going in but aren't quite finished.

The wall outside the bathroom has been covered and a privacy window installed.

Wow. Mom and dad bought me this wardrobe for my birthday in September.

The woodstove keeps the house toasty but because it isn't airtight it burns out after about 2 hours. I've almost saved enough to buy a airtight stove.

The entryway wall needs painted. Off-white it will be. Maybe a mirror or stenciled vines will finish it off.

Two layers of insulation are on the short side and one layer is on the long side. The underpinning is progressing and the batteries really need to go into a box.

The plastic side cover was supposed to be temporary. Note the solar panels are on a sled type contraption. I created this to allow me to move them around during construction and so I could find the optimum year-round location before permanently mounting them.

My cast iron bed (with mama's quilt and papa's trunk) make my bedroom functional and beautiful. My brother Danny restored my bed and Mr. Billie restored my dresser.

A peek inside at my dining/living room: cozy, beautiful. The lamp belonged to Grandma Grindstaff.

August 3 - 10, 2005

The deck is 24' in diameter and made from 2"x6" tongue and groove pine boards; providing 453 square feet of living space.

The walls are comprised of 164 1"x2" cabinet grade pine furring strips. There are 1400+ cross-over points. Each is secured with a 1 3/4" carriage bolt and a vinyl lined safety nut.

Each of the 44 rafters are 2" x 4" x 11' 6". Each is tied into the 5' center ring using a 6" hardened steel pin.

The top cover is made from reinforced vinyl. The translucent stripe sewn into the top cover (right of photo) is a wonderful skylight.