Excavation Power 2012
This January saw some major changes to the landscape of the Ecovillage. An excavator was brought in to assist with making some large scale visions reality.
 Scott and excavator operator Mike work together to transform the land.
 A tape measure was necessary to execute this move between two cedar trees. The opening marks the entrance to the new sanctuary road.
 Mike and Scott worked collaboratively to get the job done with expertise. They made it look easy.
 Power!
 The Sanctuary Road.
 Trees are plucked from the ground and placed aside. The excavator leaves behind... a road!
 Woah, the strength of the machine is amazing!
 The excavator arm acts like an extension of Mike's human arm as it works.
 The excavator spins and moves its mechanical parts to navigate through the tricky terrain.
 The machine picks up giant root systems in less than thirty seconds and moves them aside.
 Digging looks fun!
 A skilled and directive groundsman is essential in this creative process. Scott works alongside the excavator with his chain saw. Trees are important! We preserve the wood for future building projects.
 This tree looks like a twig within the grips of the excavator.
 A good time for some chainsaw action.
 Julia made a delicious power lunch to accompany the day!
 Lynn helps create a garden post to make way for some garden clearing action!
 Scott and Mike discuss the garden clearing plan.
 Oh Yah! The rain does not dampen the fun factor! Scott Robinson gives his sentiment.
 Our land is bright and we welcome the harmonious changes.
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Hawk House Window Light
 Horseshoe Bay, an Ecovillage departure point!
 A Blue Heron in the morning.
 A majestic fisher!
 Jeanine happily waiting for the water taxi.
 Today we are installing a window in the Hawk house!
 The lines are drawn! Get ready!
 Scott makes the first incision with the reciprocal saw.
 This work requires some precision and muscle power.
 And a few different tools! Here the circular saw is in action!
 Oh yah! Upside down reciprocal saw carpentry!
 There is a hole in the wall!!
 Meanwhile, only 2 feet away Keith is chopping lunch!
 Ahhh, what a view.
 A lot of sealant helps keep the rain outside!
 All sides accounted for.
 Jeanine and Fin come to say hello to the crew.
 Keith is cool, calm and safely supported with a climbing harness!
 Final screws in place.
 Window light.
 The window changes the whole look inside the Hawk House.
 Hello tree!
 Hello Jeanine!
 A Blue Heron in the afternoon too!
 Halkett (Fircom) Dock.
 Keith, Krista and Fin walking to the dock!
 Fin and Krista enjoying their walk.
 Rocks are cool.
 Bye to our Ecovillage home for today, and we adventure across the water, back to the city.
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An Ode to Fall - Troopy and Turkey
 Keith ponders over plaster.
 Keith using the hawk and trowel!
 Newly excavated ground at the Cob structure, we are building the back wall of the utility room.
 Scott is ready to build a wall!
 Julia and Finley observing all the action!
 Keith troubleshooting with Troopy (the truck).
 This is a hands-on experience!
 Keith working with intricate parts under the hood, checking, checking, checking!
 Essential tools of the trade.
 Scott and Keith discuss the mechanical situation.
 Troopy loves all the attention to detail!
 Yes we can! And we did, Troopy is back on the road.
 At the cob structure Krista and Tiffany have a toast
 A tea toast!
 Cathy enjoying the garden and evidence of a beautiful fall.
 Darci enjoying a relationship with a parsnip.
 Our first attempt at growing Ecovillage parsnips.
 Well worth the energy!
 A little muscle power needed to pull this delicious root from the earth!
 Bounty of root crops, soon to be root bake!
 Thank you nature.
 The garden bounty accompanied a turkey in the Thanksgiving pot!
 Victoria’s lovely birthday lunch.
 Yes! What a gift!
 Carefully crafted.
 We are thankful to celebrate on the land.
 Don’t forget the PIE!
 We won’t! Victoria tends to warming pies on the BBQ.
 Lynn and Julia W. share some stories.
 Krista and Fin ready to enjoy the abundance.
 Smiling Lightworkers.
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Garden's Love - A Summer Remembrance
 The Orchard Garden offers habitat to many creatures, including the mason bee house attached to this post.
 Gentle garden growth.
 Elements of masculinity and femininity beautify the Orchard Garden.
 Yellow Loostrife and ferns
 Abundance!!
 Garden greeting! A luscious invitation to peruse the pathways.
 Jerusalem artichokes, peas, asparagus, oh my!
 Strawberries; delicious.
 Bodacious broccoli.
 Yum!
 A nutritious mulch of seaweed for the brussels sprouts.
 Brussels sprouts and broccoli.
 Spinach, radishes, lettuces, calendula.
 Zucchini, Scarlett Runner beans.
 Calendula and bee friend.
 Tomatillos
 Asparagus, parsley and more seaweed for soil nutrition.
 Underground there is growth too... carrots!
 Wow! Red Russian kale.
 Our first attempt at growing parsnips in the Ecovillage garden was a huge success! These beauties are waiting to show off their roots!
 We have enjoyed our mint immensely, especially in our teapot!
 Sweet Cosmos flowers.
 Voluptuous cascading amaranth.
 Sweet Peas, true to their nature.
 Squash leaves.
 A structure created to make the comfrey comfortable and safe from the deer!
 We are blessed.
 We have enjoyed nurturing our garden this year and watching it grow.
 A beautiful and supportive relationship is created between plant and human.
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Chimney Installation
 Safety first on the worksite! Julia W sports the latest in head safety gear.
 Keith atop Hawk House installing the chimney.
 Chimney installation in process.
 The sun glints off the sparkling new chimney!
 The new chimney will make overnight stays in the Hawk House more comfortable.
 Julia T paints the Victory Stall....our fresh air shower station.
 Yes! That is some pretty awesome roller action!
 A garter snake is discovered between boards. We love that these critters make their home at the ecovillage.
 Tiffany takes on the cleaning of the water tank.
 A very satisfying job!
 The sweetness of a grass path.
 Julia W loves up the new apple tree donated to the ecovillage by Gail Petersen.
 A young apple. Yum!
 The enclosure protects the young tree from hungry deer.
 Darci T checks out a newly created tent site.
 Krista is enthused over Fin's new swimming pool!
 Fin and Keith enjoying time together.
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