Big News from the Tiny House

A short post today. I have some pretty exciting news to bring you today from the tiny house! First a project I've been working on for a while for someone else and am now excited to have available for you all to see. And then some more personal plans. Hear all the details right from me

Watch the Grizzly Family Near My Tiny House

Those bears I talked about visiting my house last fall? Here you can watch Grizzly 399 with her whole family! Again, this footage was all from late last year. Yes, bears do hibernate in the winter but this family did not go to bed till early January so there was lots of snow on the ground before that happened. In the week and a half or so they spent near my house, I was able to record a lot of them just doing their bear things. Napping, playing, berry picking, chasing moose out of their nap spots, and more. 

Living in a Tiny House in the Woods with Big Predators

As you probably know, I live in a little clearing in the woods. On the side of a mountain. In an area with a whole lot of wildlife large and small as you have probably gathered from the many photos I have shared over the years. Like in the above shot, there are five grizzly bears at once! This has lead to a lot of questions from folks over the years about how do I deal with living near large things that could potentially kill or eat me? So, I finally sat down for a long discussion of my thoughts

The Tiny House Magazine, Issue 100!

I have a very special deal to share with you all today! Are you familiar with The Tiny House Magazine? You should be. They've been sharing a huge variety of stories from the tiny house world for years now. In fact for so many years, that this month is issue 100! Once again you will find an article from me in there. Covering some details of one aspect of my tiny house journey that I had not yet written about anywhere else yet to this extent. You will have to go read the issue to find out what I am talking about though. 😀

And thanks to a very generous offer the editors have allowed me to share, you can get a copy for no charge

Spring Coming to the Tiny House in the Mountains

As recently as March 27, this is what the clearing looked like around our house. A lot of snow had melted, but there was still a whole lot there as well. But since then, it's rapidly been going! Overall the winter has been colder than normal, but we only got about 85% of the average snowfall. So lower than normal snow totals, but with lots of colder than normal days total. But now it's warming up some and frozen crystals are turning into liquid. A couple days ago the creek right below the house started to flow water on top of all the ice layers. I haven't been able to see or hear the creek since fall when it first iced over and that ice just got thicker and thicker. But as some snow melt started to make it's way out of the mountains, it had to flow on top of