In 2000, we found and bought 7 acres on the side of a hill in a small town south of Yosemite. In late 2005, we moved into our modest, newly built house, something we never dreamed we’d do. Walking the place for the first time, when we wondered if the old cedar shack came with the property,…
This is a November 2001 entry from my recently found diary. The diary chronicles how we bought the property and our first five years before the house was ready. For how we got to this point, see Inspiration or the category ‘Our diary’ “Just after bidding on our new property near Yosemite, disaster struck! Daughter, Jolie, 19, had been struck…
The recent snow we’ve had this Thanksgiving, as seen in the blog header, reminds me of our first snow…. From March 2006: Pictures tell the story of our first snow here. We’ve been in the new house for 4 months, and this snow, about 8 inches is our first experience ‘living’ in snow country. Now, the…
