Mountain Man’s MeMe
- November 02, 2008
- Category: Daily Diary
- (16) Comments
Karen Zemek tagged me to share eight random things about me. I have participated in several MeMes latelty so I thought this time you would like to learn more about Mountain Man.
1. He was born in New Jersey and lived in the same house until he left home. His father is still living there. His Mother passed away many years ago.
2. After college, he obtained a Masters in Education and was a high school teacher for ten years.
3. He bought a house as soon as he started his teaching job and because teachers’ salaries were not enough to cover the mortgage, he also worked at Roadway Express on nights and weekends loading trucks to make ends meet.
4. He is a Giants fan.
5. He does all the cooking.
6. He started making furniture when he was a child. We have a desk and a table in our home he built when he was ten. Here’s a picture of the hutch. Pretty amazing, don’t you think?
7. Over thirty years ago, he went on a vacation to Vermont and decided he wanted to leave New Jersey and live in a more rural area and work with the land.
8. He builds cabins and barns and houses that blend in with a rural Vermont landscape. All of his houses are built with timber from our land which he logs himself. He then processes the logs himself on his sawmill and then finishes them in his shop. Here’s a picture of a camping cabin he built last year. He’s building
a barn for them now and that is why our excavator is parked there.
I’m not going to tag anybody but if you’d like to participate, feel free to do so.
I love Mountain Man’s cabin. It looks exactly like the one I had pictured in my head. The one to blend in at the water wheel.
Beautiful..and interesting facts about Mountain Man.
Date: November 02, 2008
See isn’t that funny, I have had that cabin in my head also. And I think this is what Gar is picturing in his mind for when we move up to Armstrong, and start our little farm. It is very lovely. If a cabin can be described as lovely. Or handsome?
Your mountain man sounds very competent, and creative.
Jen
Date: November 02, 2008
I am always so amazed at people who can build and create things with their hands. That hutch is BEAUTIFUL. I admire that.
Date: November 02, 2008
Mountain Man is so talented. I love the hutch and the beautiful cabin. Wow!
Date: November 02, 2008
Wow!!
You have one talented fella there!
Reminds me of Pams Farm man.
Love the cabin he built!!!!!
Date: November 02, 2008
Wow he is amazing at building!Looks like he is doing what he loves. this is a good way to do this meme that we seemed to get tagged with allot.
Date: November 03, 2008
Wow, Mountain Man is very talented. My dad used to do woodworking and he started out when he was a kid too. I have an end table that he made when he was in high school. That hutch is beautiful as well as the cabins – I would so love to live in one – I love the rustic charm and living in Vermont sounds lovely.
Date: November 03, 2008
That was fun, thanks for sharing! Very creative man – love the old looking buildings!
Date: November 03, 2008
He does beautiful work. And he cooks! Very nice.
Date: November 03, 2008
I am totally impressed! That hutch is amazing. The houses amazing, you are one lucky lady!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Date: November 03, 2008
Very nice blog today! I love a man that cooks all the time. He is so very talented..the Hutch is beautiful. The cabin is to die for..I love that it has a front porch! When we built our house there was much discussion about a front porch..and we did not get one:)
Date: November 03, 2008
Wow!! You have quite a mountain man there. His cabins are EXQUISITE! maybe someday we’ll hire him. Would he come to Upstate NY to build one?
God bless!
Date: November 03, 2008
Your Mountain Man sounds wonderful, I too have a man that does all the cooking – isn’t it great? I love the cabin he built and the hutch(I think we’d call it a dresser over here)is lovely. You’ve got one talented man there
Date: November 05, 2008
I have a blog award for you at my site
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
Date: November 05, 2008
That’s a nice camping cabin, I guess they don’t have to worry about shoveling the snow off it in winter.
I guess when he watches baseball, you at least have blogging time ?
Date: November 06, 2008
I believe I could live in that cabin very comfortablt! I’d love to own one!! Beautiful work ,Mountain Man!
Date: March 17, 2009