a little home sick

Aloha! Well, the newness has worn off a bit, and isolation is settling in, but we are both still loving it out here. Now is the real adjustment time, thankfully this place is incredibly beautiful and welcoming. I am thoroughly enjoying the peacefulness, but we are also sooo busy with work, looking for land, and meeting people, trying our best to be social. Work is fun, here is Shannon tiling away, we are currently learning how to hook up water catchment systems, digging holes and pouring cement footings for post and pier structures, hand clearing land, and most recently have hooked up with Ira at his art gallery where we are able to help paint some of his sculptures, and care take the land. I will also be helping another woman start a cafe that is being built attached to the gallery. We will open Thanksgiving weekend.
The weather has gotten very cool in the last few weeks, and actually feels like fall. We are making fires nightly and enjoying hot chocolate with scrabble!
As you can see, Dolphin has joined us and enjoys curling up on the couch with Shannon. He is great, and makes the cabin feel even more like home.
So, that is us, please leave a note on how you are doing. We have figured out that mail can take up to a month to get down here, but please write as well. It would make our trips to the mailbox much more exciting.