Everyone knows about sourcing locally, but I am upon my most local one yet. Just three years ago a lot of our local majestic pines succumbed to the Spring Fire. Many homes were lost, many hearts were broken, many dreams shattered.
The Earth has amazing recovery powers as does the human spirit. Some thought of pulling up and leaving (and some did), some decided to sit and wait to see what nature might do, but others became proactive. Deciding to stay, invest, rebuild, make new dreams.
Some of these trees have been not only cut down to clear the land, but wonderfully repurposed. Two by fours, two by sixes, and one by sixes. Colors as deep and rich as beetle kill, and I never even left the ranch to pick them up. Some friends are making their lot new again, a new drive, a new house spot on their own mountain top, and milling products during the process.
I have some woodworking projects lined up. More and more as my mind explores, but I will take extra care to build some special things out of this.
