The House is Gandhi with the Windy

Howdy Friends and Family,

In case I wasn't clear before, our house is gone and we are starting from scratch, including the landscape.  I knew this fact going into the project and all along, but it wasn't totally apparent to me until we showed up on Aug. 8th, after a few days of vacation, and our house and lot were and dirt pile.  Adding to my "deer in the headlights look" and  general feelings of conflict regarding the loss of the old house and the wondering of our future, kitty was missing.  I could piece back together that Noche, our 12 year old kitty, had been in the neighborhood for two nights while we were in Red Lodge, MT.  Noche had come back home to his house of 9 years and wondered what the heck had happened.  According to the neighbors, on the morning of 8/8 they awoke to some terrible moans, meows, howls and the like.  Noche was sitting in the middle of the dirt pile letting the whole neighborhood know that this whole idea was BULL SHOCKEY and he wasn't having any of it.  When we got home that day and patched the stories together, I knew he must still be in the neighborhood.  I stopped by the house many times that day and sounded my whistle that we have him trained to, and never did find him in the daylight.  I went to bed and didn't sleep very well at all that night.  I awoke at 12:45am and buzzed back over to the house and Noche was meowing around the foundation.  All is well and my stress level has decreased.  Not only are we building a house, I am working through some life issues that I didn't even know were problems yet.  Have I told you how much fun building a house can be?  

Puttin' My Happy Face On

Building a life and house all at once,
Bisquit

The Best Little Bath House

Howdy Doody,

As promised, here is another bliggity blog post and an introduction to The Best Little Bath House located in the Bangtail Mountains, our Stone Creek Haven. The Bath House has the very amazing sauna and a soon to be shower. We have been using the sauna, crafted of untreated cedar from head to toe, since late summer and enjoying every sweat we can get. Now with a snowy blanket covering the ground, we find a roll in the snow is just what the doctored ordered to cool off once you have sweat your arse off. After your roll in the snow, a dash back in the warm sauna to heat up again, and repeat, and repeat.....now you get the idea. Dan and Hubby designed the sauna after the traditional Norwegian style in which the floor is meerly a deck floor. This and the window allow for plenty of air ventilation so your breath is never taken from you. Upon getting toasty as can be and realizing you must go, you already await your next sauna.

A photo of the cabin and the bath

house to the left,

before the snow flew.

Please leave your boots at the door.

Steamy and dreamy.

Multiple levels for all temps.

The sauna just melts us.

The Steamy Bisquit

PS HAPPY NEW YEAR

Mr. Cabin, your new friend's name is Little Miss Bath House

Good Friday to you friends!

The Fletchers have been busier than ever. The summer is upon us and we have been consuming mass quantities of frozen cocktails to help us manage the heat.

The Bath House is well on its way to being built at Stone Creek Haven. Dan is building it, as he did an amazingly meticulous job on the cabin. Some of its details include rough hewn logs from the property adorning its front porch, a wood burning sauna with multiple levels for lounging, and an attached shower and changing room. We all can't wait to use the sauna. Because in Montana, there is no doubt that we will use the sauna year around. Even the warmest of summer days have chilly evenings that a sauna would be just fancy!

In other news Hubby hit a tree, freakin' hard too, mountain biking last weekend. He is okay, but now not healing quite fast enought, according to him. As some of you may know we do this a bunch, and he even more. My husband is addicted to mountain biking and I am okay with this. He is taking it easy while mending, which is like keeping a cat in a bath tub full of water. When he came home after it happened, I encouraged him to go see the doctor, as he could have easily broken ribs. He assured me that it was unnecessary, he knew what a broken rib felt like, his were only REALLY BENT. Hummm, what's a wife supposed to do with this? I have been continuing with the frozen cocktail and massage treatment while hoping for a speedy recovery. I am so glad you are safe Scooter, you scare me!

Birds on a branch:

for drying wares,

more cabin sprucing.

Blueberry Pina Coladas

(cups by Ona J. Meyer

a local potter)

Pina Coladas

(garnished with cherries by Husband)

I have tomorrow off from the Farmer's Market.

My first free Saturday morning of the summer, yes!!!!

Happy Weekend!

Filling the blender with ice,

Biz