I left the city and moved to the woods almost 3 years ago. 
I’ve learned a lot living out here.  A 1” water feeder pipe freezes at 27degrees.  Wood is heavy.  Green wood; utterly useless….not even for the “goodnight” log.  You’ll never convince me otherwise.  That is, unless you do…  And, I really need a better system (shall we say, relatively safe) way of crossing the creek when I shouldn't;  but have to.  Knowing doesn’t necessarily commit to practice.  *sigh*…oh, and it really sucks when the water freezes.   

The cistern magically rolls uphill.

Thus:


The incredible giant cistern installation project!  
Whooooo-hoooooo!

Yeah, well...

My landlord purchased this giant (1100 gallon) cistern for the cabin, much to my surprise.  It survived the May Day flood of 2009 by floating into Annie's tree bed.   The succeeding flood, in August, almost sent it on it's way down the Cumberland.  Alas!  It's now "home".

Long time coming this project...

Let me introduce you to the first installment of wack.

Rodney:  cousin....in-law-ish?

Master Carpenter:  ummmm...not.

Lest we not leave out:  Uber Hunter!!!

Who wouldn't drive a mini van across a swollen creek ( that one could clearly wade across) to hunt the ever illusive (yeah, no) deer in the hollow?  Oh, did I say drive?  Hah.  Stuck.  Entire neighborhood event.  Stuck.  Pull up a lawn chair and watch the calamity.  Stuck....hee.

This dude built the original platform for the cistern.

Thus began the "everything you know is mostly wrong" project ....

But hey....The most marvelous hippies are here now.

It's a new project and it's going to be awesome.

....on ever so many levels!!!!