Moving to Seaforth, Nova Scotia
The best plans back in 2010 were to sell our Vancouver Live/Work loft and to put our ‘stuff’ into Vancouver storage, for we will be rejoicing soon, in our new abode, within a few months of leaving Vancouver. WHO KNEW that our well-thought-out plans could change, leaving us with just our suitcase and me, with only one drawing kit, a year later???
Big life changes and a drastic move across Canada have encompassed our lives, going on a year now. We moved from
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The Workshop Live/work loft studio space Vancouver BC... red dot marks our loft. |
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Open living and studio space aka 'the lofty palace' with 20 feet high windows. |
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Vancouver's city skyline from our loft window view. |
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View from 'Lofty Palace' of downtown Vancouver, BC |
We owe our heartfelt gratitude to Fred, Jim's friend from years past, who acted as our building inspector and shared with us, the oodles of his experience in home renovation and building sets for the movie industry. Eventually, after months of looking at homes for sale, Fred mentioned, "why don't you build your own, then you know the house is built right." We started to look for land and found a dream come true, view property with a country setting in Seaforth, with horses in fields, views, and access to Gaetz lake and beaches of the
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Just getting the land cleared...ahhh the Seaforth NS view! |
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Started by hand clearing some alders and burning them in late winter. |
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Cleared land, just getting started! |
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Land cleared, dugout, refilled with pit rock with Armour rock wall built, getting the best view potential. 'Digger' Wayne calls it a 'Hollywood' view ... were liking it! |
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Armour rock wall and pit filled ready for house building. |
Clearing and shaping the land was overwhelming. Before constructing the building, we had to remove an acre of alders, raspberry bushes, etc. to get to the dirt so we could walk around planning where the house was going to sit...then TONS of red clay dirt had to be scooped out, and then refilled with drainage pit rock. HUGE Armour Blue rocks had to be brought in to create a landscaped wall to hold the hillside up and to create a curved shape into the hillside so drainage and our home can be tucked safely away. I nicknamed our CAT driving big rig guy, "Digger" Wayne, who handles his CATS like they are extensions of his arms and legs and I am sure he can scratch a mosquito off the end of his nose with a CAT bucket!
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Guinness a.k.a 'Stick' and Charlie a.k.a 'Stone' |
These two dogs belong to our neighbor and they have become our best buddies. Every time we came to the land, they would come to greet us with their favorite collections of sticks and stones. Sadly, without warning, the black lab, Guinness just up and died of old age this summer. Charlie still comes to greet us but suspects he misses his black brother to compete and share whatever spoils they manifest!
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ICF Construction walls |
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Future studio spaces for Jim and Minaz |
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Minaz Studio side |
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Minaz Art Studio is under construction. |
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The Seaforth Beach house with lots of windows! |
Be careful about what you wish for...ancient wisdom...modern dreams!... Minaz
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Really fantastic ' Clicks"
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