Conversations in Wood

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on November 23, 2009 by myaker

Carbon Sequestration thru Forestry Applied Vernacular Building

White Pine Framing Cedarburg, WI

White Oak Siding Cedarburg, WI

Walnut shingles Cedarburg, WI

Building in rhythm

 

Here and Now

Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2009 by myaker
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Whooping crane

A moment of stillness

alone in a world with

 whooping cranes

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New Beginnings

Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2009 by myaker

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The Art of Life lies in constant

readjustment to our surroundings.

Kakuzo Okakura

I Feel a Change Coming On

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2009 by myaker

I speak for the trees, as the trees have no tongues.

Dr. Zeuss

 

Tenney Park

Tenney Park

Tenney Park

Tenney Park

Well kept road adjacent to Tenney Park

Well kept road adjacent to Tenney Park

When we spend
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Stimulus

and build
UW Madison Home to Leopold, Muir...

UW Madison Home to Leopold, Muir...

Like this
Concrete and Steel high embodied energy

Concrete and Steel, high embodied energy

and this
Forest Products Modernization

Forest Products Modernization, concrete walls

Our Parks, Forest, Woodlands…
Look like this
Hoyt Park Madison, WI

Hoyt Park Madison, WI

Black Locust North American Weed and Most Durable Timber

Black Locust North American Weed and Most Durable Timber

White Oak

White Oak

White Oak

White Oak

Walnut

Walnut

Elm

Elm

White Oak

White Oak

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Perhaps someday we shall learn to abide by the laws of nature.Not until then will we live a happier, a purer, and a healthier life.

Jens Jensen

Carbon Contemplation

Posted in Carbon with tags , , , , on July 9, 2009 by myaker

Sequestration

          Quantification

                       Utilization

Logs in the Yard De Forest, WI

Logs in the Yard De Forest, WI

 

Preservation

          Education

                     Restoration

German Timber Marking  Dodge County, WI

German Timber Marking Dodge County, WI

 

Appreciation

            Imagination

                       Creation

Timber Home Argyle, WI

Timber Home Argyle, WI

Forestry

Posted in Green building with tags , , on July 7, 2009 by myaker

The Soul of a Tree

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White oak

 

The Song of an Axe

Oak Timber RockDale Mill 1847

Oak Timber RockDale Mill 1847

Rhythm

Posted in Hewn Timber with tags , on June 13, 2009 by myaker

Rockdale Mill  Oak Timber 1847 Cambridge, WI

 

Work in rhythm

Build in rhythm

Live in rhythm

 

End Cut Oak Timber 1847

 

To see a world in a grain of sand

and heaven in a wild flower,

hold infinity in the palm of your hand

and eternity in an hour. 

William Blake

Architecture of Wisconsin

Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2009 by myaker
Glacial Erratics

Glacial Erratics

A gift of glaciation

executed with grace

by the hand of man

the foundation of

a simple barn

Trees

Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2009 by myaker

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‘Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.’

Herman Hesse

Natural Materials

Posted in Building Materials, Green building with tags on May 4, 2009 by myaker

Natural Materials age with grace and beauty

Dovetailed Cabin Ontario

Dovetailed Cabin Ontario

 

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Hand split stone

Man made building materials, not so much