Sunday, June 26, 2011

Dedicating the Cabin

I finally built a small fire at the Cabin.
We've had a lot of rain, so everything was soaked. I pulled out the fire starter, a cotton ball impregnated with wax, and broke off some twigs from a dead branch suspended from a tree.


Easy does it. The ground beneath is damp, so I laid some dry twigs down first.
The fire starter was lit with a match, then placed carefully on my twigs.

I feed my fires slowly, keeping in mind that its easy to suffocate a newborn flame.

I visit my cabin regularly and add materials to it. Being 100% natural, it will decompose and collapse someday. For now, its part of my school.

3 comments:

  1. My buildings are made of log, and they've been around for 25 years and will outlast me. What kind of cabin are you making? Sounds interesting.

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  2. Its just a survival shelter I call the cabin because its squarish and has an open side with a fireplace. Sorta hard to see in the photo.
    Its made with long thick branches, lots of leaves for insulation.

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  3. Nice place to get away to. It doesn't have to be fancy to be home away from home.

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