Jen’s Boot Camp and Allerton Abbey Experience

Travis Johnson wrote:Nice job on the felling of the tree, and getting snow.

Here in Maine we have the opposite effect, the trees are in autumn color now, but so, so many are still wearing green leaves. Never in my life have I ever seen the trees still having so many green leaves this late in the fall.

I wonder what that means - we are seeing the same thing here in New Mexico - our Cottonwood JUST dropped the last of it's leaves - in LATE NOVEMBER! It's never held on to them for this long.

Sandy

Jennifer Richardson wrote:With Bella and Josiah living in the Abbey with me, cooking, working, and radiating body heat, the temperatures have been staying pleasantly warm. Here is a look at the longer term data for the four thermometers over the last month.

Good Morning. A few questions:

a) It appears to me that there are three living in the Wofati. All three in a bed, or is there a second room/floor camping/etc going on? I'm curious about the sleeping quarters to see if I missed anything.

b) Could you tell me what led to the big dips in the temps recorded on the charts? Thanks.


ps: I found your videos on YT delightful. I'd love to know more about that brown skirt that you're wearing in them. Is it an oiled tin pants type of skirt? Looks immensely practical. (yes, I am a man, and no, I don't wear skirts).

An update on the ATI data at the Abbey from the last couple weeks:

Monday (Nov. 18): Finished building our firewood racks and filled one of them with wood this weekend. Breakfast at the Abbey this morning (thanks, Bella!). No fire for lunch. Fire at dinner.

Tuesday: Breakfast at Abbey. No lunch or dinner at Abbey (Taco Tuesday and board games at basecamp).

Wednesday: Breakfast at Abbey. Dinner at Abbey.

Thursday: Breakfast and lunch at Abbey.

Friday: Breakfast at Abbey. Lunch and dinner at basecamp.

Saturday: No breakfast, lunch, or dinner at Abbey.

Sunday: Breakfast at Abbey.

Monday: Breakfast at Abbey.

Tuesday: Breakfast and dinner at Abbey.

Wednesday: No breakfast or lunch fire at Abbey. Dinner fire at Abbey.

Thursday: Breakfast Fire at Abbey. No lunch or dinner fires.

Friday: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner fires at Abbey, as well as fires for extra tea. Sick with flu.

Saturday (Nov. 30) : Breakfast fire. Lunch fire. No dinner fire.

Sunday: Breakfast fire. Dinner fire.

Monday: Breakfast fire only.

Tuesday: Breakfast fire only.

Wednesday (Dec. 4): Fire all day, more or less. (Sick and making tea.)

Thursday: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner fires.

Friday: Breakfast fire.

Saturday (Dec. 7): Breakfast fire.

Appreciate your thoroughness, Jen!  This is such a detail-filled task, not very exciting or glamorous, yet so important.  Without this task, just having the wofati designed, built, and heated would be like the tree that fell in the forest.  Thank you Bella and Josiah and Cloud and whoever else is living there for inhabiting it!

Sometime when you have a few minutes, can any of you describe "pleasant temperature" a little more fully? would an elderly person with poor circulation feel comfortable?  Are you staying bundled up much of the time? are there certain pockets of time when you're cold until you've gotten the fire going?  Thanks!

Jennifer Richardson wrote:An update on the ATI data at the Abbey from the last couple weeks:

Monday (Nov. 18): Finished building our firewood racks and filled one of them with wood this weekend. Breakfast at the Abbey this morning (thanks, Bella!). No fire for lunch. Fire at dinner.

Tuesday: Breakfast at Abbey. No lunch or dinner at Abbey (Taco Tuesday and board games at basecamp).

Wednesday: Breakfast at Abbey. Dinner at Abbey.

Thursday: Breakfast and lunch at Abbey.

Friday: Breakfast at Abbey. Lunch and dinner at basecamp.

Saturday: No breakfast, lunch, or dinner at Abbey.

Sunday: Breakfast at Abbey.

Monday: Breakfast at Abbey.

Tuesday: Breakfast and dinner at Abbey.

Wednesday: No breakfast or lunch fire at Abbey. Dinner fire at Abbey.

Thursday: Breakfast Fire at Abbey. No lunch or dinner fires.

Friday: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner fires at Abbey, as well as fires for extra tea. Sick with flu.

Saturday (Nov. 30) : Breakfast fire. Lunch fire. No dinner fire.

Sunday: Breakfast fire. Dinner fire.

Monday: Breakfast fire only.

Tuesday: Breakfast fire only.

Wednesday (Dec. 4): Fire all day, more or less. (Sick and making tea.)

Thursday: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner fires.

Friday: Breakfast fire.

Saturday (Dec. 7): Breakfast fire.

Ditto Joshua... THANKS!  Working out the 'bugs' is the worst part of a new production, I think.  : )