It has been well over three months since the last post–and I must say this has been the most intense, difficult, rewarding and challenging time I can remember since beginning Geobarns almost 30 years ago. Part of it is the post pandemic building boom–with its perfect storm of pent up demand, ex-urban migration, less travel …
In the past month we have racked up some miles… journeying to Italy with Casey and David to develop a master site plan for the Rochetta project — including water pathways, vineyard, roads, new and medieval buildings, and development of a permaculture farm. Casey learned to overcome her lack of Italian by using her hands …
Geobarns Journey: Italy to Texas – The Old World to the New Read More »
As I assembled this latest batch of pictures there is a striking common theme running throughout–which is that every one of our current projects is inundated with snow–with a few exceptions in Virginia which have the lesser blessing of lots of red mud…. While currently on business in TX and AZ and visiting family–I am …
We have had an eventful year—both professionally and personally…and with the two winter holidays on the weekends the hiatus has provided some time to rest and reflect…too rare an occurrence these days. We have been blessed with a huge amount of work which we anticipate will carry us through the winter…not only in NY, VA, …
Hello All— It has been a woefully long interval since the last post—five months and a day to be exact….mostly a commentary on my being too busy and neglecting the important for the urgent. Business was incredibly slow this spring—with nothing getting in ground and then piling up into the summer backlog with everyone trying …
Last Sunday—just before I got here—the private venue church we have been building in Crozet—had their first service Easter morn….as forecast by the local paper a few weeks prior. Needless to say, this was the fruit of years of labor by our clients and countless others seeking to plant a church closer to home for …
Easter Inauguration of the Holy Cross Anglican Church in Virginia Read More »
It has been some time since I wrote a post—indicative of lots of travel, some strain in keeping up with the weather, and plowing through not only manifold snowfalls but also new projects along with those we barely got in ground before further excavation became impossible for now… We have about eight jobs going….finishing up …
Winter Work: Shoveling Snow, Keeping Warm, Growing in Grace Read More »
While many of these pictures are current projects and those which we hope to shortly start….quite a number are also winter wonderland shots over the years portraying the harrowing beauty of the cold season that nonetheless also mysteriously warms our hearts. I have always felt that when we work in winter we somehow mitigate its …
It has been a very long time since the last post…partly a reflection of the intense travel schedule to CA, Europe, TX, VA, all over the Northeast and next week to Wisconsin….and this was all in the past month or so…. More important—some intense family blessings and heartache with two new grandchildren (Isidoro and Iris) …
Overwhelmed with Thanksgiving: Building and Being Built All Over the Map Read More »
In the last few weeks we have transitioned from a smaller number of large, long term projects to a lot of new ones—and with no small sadness we are letting go and moving on… The longest and most complex being Hope Church—just west of Richmond, VA where many issues and setbacks beyond our control severely …
Finishing Touches from A to Z, North to South, Magnificent to Minute Read More »
The summer has been filled with transitions—finishing up a half dozen projects and moving onto another dozen…some in design, others being permitted, others just starting and yet others well underway. I think the pressure of this shows in that I have not done one of these posts for almost two months now—with some of you …
Sometimes, when words and tears cannot suffice—the only thing left to pour out my heart is write. Yesterday was such a day. I had gone to the newly completed barn at Smuggler’s Notch and took dozens of pictures—many of which are culled into this post. I met with our amazing and perseverant client, Steve DePalma, …
Reflections on a Full Year: Weddings, Births, Retirement, Passing Torches… Read More »
