Month: December 2012
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Elves! Elves! Everywhere!
Working to get the presents done. Wood chips are flying around the clock!! Theo Elf checking if it’s roasted enough. Simon Elf making sure it’s all covered. Jolly Shawn Elf working hard and being his usual cheerful self. Peter Elf cleaning and buffing so he can paint it before it’s under…
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USA building largest prefab-container-house factory in all North America
Here’s the link: http://www.isbu-info.org/ I’m adding this link to the blog as I’m recently inspired by speaking with Robyn just outside of Orangeville, Ontario. Prefab housing is an industry on the rise – no doubt there. As we sat in our respective cars with windows down in her driveway, I passed a booklet which told…
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Lantern Making
I have been going to the Kensington Market Winter Solstice off and on for a very long time. It’s always a fun evening in the dark with hundreds of other people and all those Lanterns! This year we were finally able to make it to the Lantern making workshop. Here is my first attempt. Not…
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Join us this Saturday, as this workshop will have us cutting the steel & learning to frame windows.
the boXshops – this saturday’s instructional & constuctional workshop is all about cutting the steel & banging together some frames which will hold the insulation against the outside of the container. Not only do I need your helping hands to build this, I know there’s a ton of value in learning how use the tools…