Fixing to Blog Blues

As a coda to yesterday's post, here's the possible view from the bedroom window if we mirror the current house plan, from the bathroom if we don't:

Nice?

Today the phone man and the Septic Inspector came around, the visits overlapping but distinct.

The phone wire coming out of the ground by the shed is dead. Phone man came with a metal dector, and we were able to find a live phone wire nearby. He brought underground phone cable to the house, but can't hook up until we have the ground cable that comes with the electric line. No. 6 cable from ground to phone box (northeast corner on the east side).

Phone line trench - I guess the phone box will go on this wall... kind of visible...

The leach field for the septic system needs to be huge for even a single bedroom cottage - for a two-bedroom, some trees will have to go, for a three bdrm, it'd be too far uphill...

yellow line is leach field - good for one bdrm, tight for two bdrms...
green line is 25' from arroyo.

Fine with me if the improvements on this property are small but well-made, though. Today I decided we could perhaps do a trench around the patio for water and electric, threading through the trees, to the far northeast corner of the addition - with a ditch witch, if Edwin has access to a smaller trenching device.

It'd save some beautiful flagstone work... So much digging soon, soon...

Holmes Sweet Holmes

Saw the comet last night.

I haven't tested, but as of right now, I think the phone is on ( just on a wire coming out of the ground) and the electric is on (but only to the meter box. 200' from the house).


Mark suggested trying a mirror-floorplan instead of our former. Compare these floorplans (Up is SOUTH on both. The original structure is the green rectangle at the top, including the porch):

before flipping:

mirrored - not everything is flipped, though...
Muddy feet carrying groceries into the kitchen,
THEN taking off boots and entering house, livingroom, bedroom, etc...

Anyway, this was just a thought of Mark's, worth considering. Looks good to me.

My bro Herb and wife Janice may be here for Thanksgiving. Moon is waxing. The big move happens right at solstice, the light slowly returning even as the days get colder. The days have been short but warm and bright, dry dry dry.