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| Go to Home Page Go to Life In Uxbridge Go to Garry's Page Go to Greening 1 Go to Greening 2 Go to More Dogs Go to Generations Go to Autumn 2003 View Marilyn's Writing Objective Thinking For My Mother Irish Honeymoon |
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| The teepee stands on a terrace that Owen designed. It's constructed of about 12 tons of clay fill supported by antique railroad ties. Each tie weighs about 150 lbs. and Owen hauled them to the woods and put them in place himself. Garry and he then hauled the tons of fill, one wheelbarrow at a time down the steep driveway. It was our personal version of building the pyramids, So here it is. Our teepee. The design and building of this teepee inspired my book. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I painted the buffalo shield for the door by recreating a picture from the instruction manual that came with our teepee. See www.tipi.com - Nomadics Tipis. Check it out! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The 12-Foot Teepee is now available! Click here to go to the Amazon eStore for ordering information! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| We got really intimate with the tree-to-wood process. Owen cut down all the saplings to make the poles from our own woods. We didn't have pine, so we had to make do with hardwood (oak, maple, sassafrass) saplings. They just don't grow as straight as pine so our teepee is lumpy, like the people who built it. Above shows Owen peeling a pole using a draw knife. I actually peeled most of the poles ... my biggest contribution, other than nagging Owen to work on the teepee! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||