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Starry Sky
The night sky has always been an interest of mine since I was a young girl. I’d pour over astronomy books and magazines about all the different types of stars; Red giants blue dwarfs, red super giants, and yellow dwarfs just to name a few. Pictures of colourful galaxies would spark curiosity and wonder in…
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Summer Fun
The past few weeks we’ve slowed down working on the yurt. We took time to celebrate Josiah and Peter’s birthdays. It was a big one for Josiah this year… 13! We officially have a teenager in the family! Peter has also started back up working again. This mean bigger projects around here only get done…
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To Do List
Hey everyone! It’s been a while since we’ve posted an update or even a video. We have had a bunch of things going on. Just to give you an idea of what we have been up to here is this weeks do list… 1. Install the aircraft cable around the ceiling. 2. Finish blocking. 3.…
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Digging out roots.
Roots… Trees need them grow nice and tall. They feed the tree, keep the tree standing in blustery winds, and help keep soil in place so that other vegetation can benefit. However, roots are no fun when you are trying to put in a foundation. We as humans have learned (the hard way) that our…
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Learning New Things
March break has arrived in Atlantic Canada. Kids everywhere are out of school… except mine (technically). Today we took a break, pilled into the car and got out of the house. On the agenda today was a visit with friends (who by chance are also yurt dwellers), a visit to Canadian tire and Bulk Foods…
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Beyond the Horizon
Welcome to Clearly East! This idea to create a YouTube channel and a blog has been on our minds for a few years now. We have been big followers of different channels through out the years of other homesteaders, tiny house builders, and different cross country adventurers. Now it’s our turn to share our adventure…
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Ice Cold
January has been so cold here. We have seen -23°C a few days here in January (and that’s not normal!). Every weekend since we picked up the Beast we have had snow storms. It’s been very discouraging not being able to get back and work on things. Last week we saw some plus temperatures. This…
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The Beast
During the Christmas holiday we found a perfect gem of a machine! We dubbed her “the Beast.” On a good day it was located about a 20min car drive from our property. Due to the holidays we couldn’t find a company to float the machine, so we decided to drive it. We chose to do…
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