tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post109432541289527206..comments2011-08-06T10:40:58.590+01:00Lynette Webbhttps://profiles.google.com/106615548454096392167noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-21029181876175319482011-08-06T10:40:58.590+01:002011-08-06T10:40:58.590+01:00Thanks Jennica, thanks Kristy... it&#39;s providing a slow - very slow - journey, but we&#39;re making progress. :)lynetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07218371121866960300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-13124868948965194472011-08-05T15:42:37.647+01:002011-08-05T15:42:37.647+01:00I&#39;m keen to see where you go/how you address the eco/sustainability side of things... am always checking out blogs with essentially same ideas + and that ideal behind it. <br /><br />There&#39;s quite a few others out there doing similar to you but with more emphasis on eco/permaculture - it would be a nuts (in a good way) meeting of the minds and ideas if you got to exchange some.<br /><br />We&#39;re slowly (much, much slower than you, at the moment) working our way to our version of what you&#39;re doing. <br /><br />Good luck! :)Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15413684955650645277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-9291516824467085982011-06-05T17:36:41.550+01:002011-06-05T17:36:41.550+01:00Stumbled upon this blog somehow and glad to have found it! You&#39;re doing just what I&#39;d like to - fix up a home/farmstead on a good piece of sustainable land. Good luck in the adventure!Jennicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988953130736090164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-29789115571015676782009-09-03T05:20:43.587+01:002009-09-03T05:20:43.587+01:00Fantastic story to read. I wish you both all the best in Amherst as it is a truly wonderful place. <br /><br />As I have been on the same adventure with the same personal background and circumstances I can truly relate.<br /><br />Place is coming along nicely, I will be sure to look out for it next time I am driving through Amherst.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br /><br /><br />Daniel McDonaldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-43626498908568182892009-01-21T11:16:00.000Z2009-01-21T11:16:00.000ZWow Lynette, what a great story!<BR/><BR/>We look forward to seeing back here for the next part of the dream!<BR/><BR/>Davidgibbo9000http://www.blogger.com/profile/16574202591493215279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-42737488543259787042008-12-06T21:47:00.000Z2008-12-06T21:47:00.000ZI stumbled on your blog attracted by "Amherst" (I lived many years in the town of Amherst, Massachusetts). It is all very exciting for you and am enjoying all your posts. We just left NYC for a lifestyle change.LaurelOhttp://fingerlakesnotes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-11597362126640263392007-02-10T14:48:00.000Z2007-02-10T14:48:00.000ZThanks for the encouragement guys and the suggestions<BR/><BR/>Martin, thanks too for alerting me to the problem with the links. It should be fixed now. :-)lynetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07218371121866960300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-1117239863584668782005-05-28T01:24:00.000+01:002005-05-28T01:24:00.000+01:00Fascinated by what you are doing because it is so hard to envisage spaces aspect and views without being there. If you have read all the books in your reading list you have taken on a lot of influences; I came to your blog when searching for Geoffrey Jellicoe.<BR/>My suggestion is that you should go back to one of those books, the Pattern Language and select a few patterns that appeal to you, and even go through the marking out process that Alexander recommends. This will give your designer 'handles' to work with and through which you can communicate. Peg out the existing house in the local park and walk around it. Reorient it north-south though to allow for the different hemisphere.<BR/>Try to find two other books by architects who worked on Pattern Language: The Good House; Contrast as a design tool by Max Jacobson (et al) Taunton Press and especially Patterns of Home, by the same authors and also from Taunton. I am an architect in Perth, WA and find these books very good for giving my clients an idea of the themes and issues that can be used to organise their houses. <BR/>I have examined the comments of your designer and he seems to be saying the right things as far as climate is concerned. But I think he is struggling to encompass all your influences.<BR/>One complaint though; the links in your Background page, apart from the top one, come through as program script, not words or diagrams, so I am unable to comment on the plans. Look forward to that being sorted outMartin Dickiehttp://Under construction; email menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8200112.post-1115906454541396902005-05-12T15:00:00.000+01:002005-05-12T15:00:00.000+01:00Beautifully said. And thus starts a grand adventure for you guys! You're young to be taking that kind of stock in your lives...and your legacy...but I guess it's never too early.<BR/><BR/>At 40 I did that assessment. The fact is, future generations will know one thing about each of us...if that. "She was the lady who..." "He was the guy that..."<BR/><BR/>I didn't want to be "the guy who owned an ad agency." Big whoop...what does that really say about me as a person? Not much. I far prefered, "He was the crazy guy who risked everything to buy our family's dump-of-an-ancestral-home and bring it back into our family...where it still remains." Yeah...I like that much better.<BR/><BR/>Life is for living!<BR/><BR/>Best wishes!<BR/><BR/>BillBillhttp://www.enonhall.comnoreply@blogger.com