We had dinner with Jess and Leland last night and talked some about buying land together. We talked about splitting the land vs. buying it and building on it cooperatively and we all agreed that the idea of doing it cooperatively was more appealing to all us. I am very excited about this. Jess is interested in florist kinds of things and we discussed using composting toilets and a greywater system with the greywater system watering a flower garden. We also talked about building our homes in a U shape so that there is a shared courtyard in the center. I am very very excited about all of this. Lee had catalogs for woodstoves, sawmills and a solarpowered kiln for drying lumber. Here is the land that I am most interested in now. It's on a beautiful dirt road. I just have to get the realtor to return my call. Realtors are incredible.

In other news, Columbia County now has the highest Lyme disease rates in the country.