Homesteadin'

Tiny house life is good.

Before winter reared its ugly head, we decided a proper firewood shed would make life much easier. I say "we" but Christian did most of the work as you can see here.

And here is Camille doing most of the work preparing the tiny firewood for our tiny stove.

And we had a tiny bonfire to share tiny drinks and tiny stories. Jude tried his first s'mores. Of course he loved it.

Then we built a tiny loft in the living room for additional storage.

Camille makes beautiful art. This project spanned many months and visits but it's finally done! And now it's hanging above my door. The best part is having plants that I can't kill...

Of course we paid a visit to Tree House.

This was Camille's first Halloween. We went to Patrick's house in Monson where they get over 500 kids in just a few hours.

Here's Camille the mime, Chloe the unicorn and Jude the fireman. Apparently unicorns like lollipops.

It was also her first time carving pumpkins! We went with a Nightmare Before Christmas theme (although I had never watched it... we watched it a week or 2 later).

Camille made this beautiful glass hanger for the kitchen out of some old barn board.

We had another successful Friendsgiving.

Big sunset for a tiny house.

Tried a new method for quickly cutting the firewood in half in order for it to fit in the tiny stove. Turned out to be too much effort, despite it being safer than hacking away at loose piles.

Christian and I also finally got around to building the kitchen drawers (spoiler alert: they're still not done. But they're also pretty unnecessary).

Then we went camping at the cabin in Northfield. With this cart full of stuff you would think we were moving into the cabin permanently. It was just for one night, but we like to be comfortable.

Stump stump stump stump.

Thanksgiving at my Dad's was also very nice. Camille, Jude and I took Kobe for a stroll. Camille was obviously in charge of both of them.

Thank you Camille for the family photo.

Jude loved his first leaf pile. He also learned not to throw his sister into the leaf pile.

A couple days later, Camille flew home to start her new job as a receptionist at a hostel at a ski resort. The goodbye was slightly easier this time as I would be flying to her in just under a month.

Then we got a lot of snow....

Justin and Alie came over for a tiny game night.

Solstice party bonfire.

As a Christmas gift, I took Jude climbing at the gym in Hadley. Given that he climbs on everything, I thought he would be a natural. Turns out he's afraid of heights and never made it higher than 5 feet... Maybe we'll try again in 2020.

Then we burned the Christmas tree. A good excuse for a beer with friends.

And just before leaving, Koti and Faith came over for dinner. I risked it by making some Indian dishes I had never made before. Thankfully they were tasty!

And just as Kobe was adjusting to the tiny house, I packed my things for my trip to France.

Alors, now I'm in France with Camille in the Pyrenees. More to come on that!