Papaw Dew's Deer Camp

My dad's back yard has become a deer camp. Now we are making it cool.

An orange piece of plywood with a circle cut out has four pieces of wood lying on it in the shape of a frame around the edges; written in marker on the plywood, "INSIDE".

Friday the weather held and my fatigue wasn't too great, so I got to build the panel to replace that window.

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On a leafy autumn ground, a metal tray has a wee wood stove standing on it, with stovepipe sticking up.

Thursday, my work schedule and the weather converged and I could finally burn in the tiny wood stove for my tiny house. This is to get the coating to burn off outside instead of inside.

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I'm still minding foster kittens but they are off the bottle now and have received their first vaccinations. In three weeks they will get their second set of shots and will be eligible to travel to our rescue partners in Rhode Island. Then I'll be able to take up projects at the deer camp again.

They haven't been entries lately because there hasn't been stuff going on lately. I took on a litter of newborn foster kittens, so I haven't really had time for any of my projects.

And there's plenty left to do. I still need to build the cabinet to put the fridge in the outdoor kitchen into. I need to cut the bamboo poles to finish the rack in the tiny house. And I want to start building out a more permanent outdoor kitchen and a screened in sitting area. Since the mosquito tent is coming all apart.

Panorama view of deer camp, left to right: end of my tiny house, another member's camper, my dad's backyard and house, the outdoor shower, clothesline, man cave shed, turn around drive, the end of my tiny house.

When I first moved my tiny house here, and my dad rolled out an extension cord for me, my uncle made fun of me for not being 100% solar.

I submit to you the reason I'm not 100% solar. The parts in this picture that are in full sun right now are only in full sun a short slice of the day. The whole property is like that.

I tried charging from solar one time. I had to move the panel around so much it was like minding a baby.

Some moss on twiggy ground.

Some moss on twiggy, leafy ground.

Apropos nothing, some of the moss that grows under the trees at the fence line.

Along a barbed wire fence, an ad hoc rack made of a ladder from an above ground pool along with some scrap lumber and iron; on the rack are lots of long bamboo poles, curing.

My dad mentioned that I probably want to move my bamboo poles out of the sunny spot on the lumber rack. He says with too much sun, they can split. Not only do they become useless, but insects move in.

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A heavy duty folding camp chair whose seat has been replaced with a sling of netted cord.

One thing we really believe in out here is repairing things that still have use in them. Or even repurposing. Sometimes we get hilarious results. Sometimes we have to try a few times.

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A pot with macaroni, slices of summer squash, field peas, and fragments of sausage in a reddish sauce.

One pot meals are the ticket here. Featured is a pot of whole wheat macaroni along with summer squash and field peas from my uncle's garden. There's also summer sausage that has been peeled and diced. The sauce is based on tomato soup. This went over rather well.

Night view of screen tent with camo net over it, lighted from within, with various cabinets and appliances inside.

I'm probably prejudiced but I think this place is cute as hell at night.