First night in the forest shelter (the ugly part) | Vida en el refugio del bosque (la parte fea)

[fenngen]

For my spanish speaking followers I have prepared a video at the end of the post... enjoy.

Para mis seguidores de habla castellana he preparado un video al final del post... que lo disfruten.

It’s a cold beginning. No bed yet, little sources of light. I had a more romantic idea in my mind when I was first building this. I imagined being here warmed by the hug of my lover and now that’s not even a possibility. I’m not complaining, I’m here by choice. But the moment I’m writing this feels dreadfully uncomfortable.

Alright, that was a few hours ago before I lit up a fire. Now everything is nice and cozy here and the darkness surrounding everything else is much appreciated. Just check out this beautiful flame 🔥

I prepared my bed with a sleeping bag, blankets, some old cushions I had from my previous shelter, and found myself in a different environment completely.

I titled this post “the ugly part”, because this is a very unimpressive stage of the building since I covered it with recycled material I picked up from here and there. However, it was effective and the cold is kept outside, along with the wind and rain.

I know. It looked way better when there were only branches, but be patient, my intention is to eventually cover it with cob and it will look a lot better. Meanwhile this will do to keep the warmth.

Another view:

This picture was taken by a friend when I still hadn’t covered the structure with plastic. Just so you remember it once looked very beautiful 😅

So that’s all for today, just a microblog because I’m doing it from the phone and it’s a bit harder to write here.

Now my video for the spanish speakers:

Ahora mi video para quienes hablan español:

Comments

[porters]

Glad to see you got your structure to the point where it can give you shelter even if this temporary stage is kind of ugly - heck! it serves it's purpose!It does look warm and cozy once you got a fire going and bed set up!

[fenngen]

Yeah, during the day it’s not really great to be there, but at night with the fire it becomes something else 😻

[mondoshawan]

wow bro, i miss that part of my life quite often... Peace Love and Healthiness my friend!

[fenngen]

In what part of your life are you right now?? Peace, Love, and Healthiness to you as well ✨

[mondoshawan]

Hehehe, the one i live the moment... conscious instant in the belly of the beast. (saying for in the middle of a unconscious humanity. kinda like Neo in the matrix). and the time i was living out of my rucksack for two years is some good memory. your shelter made me think of that...
💫

[fenngen]

Well, I'm still in the belly of the beast, despite having the shelter to hide for a while hehe

[mondoshawan]

i send you lots of warmth and positivity bro...

[fenngen]

thanks bro, right back at ya

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[fenngen]

Thanks @curie, greatly appreciated!