Sunday, September 27, 2009

OneStonedCrow's Stoned House















OneStonedCrow Pics

These are a few shots of the house I'm building.

I use rock which I drag off a hill about 5k's away. The smaller shiny rocks - I call them "magic rocks" - I collected in southern Namibia.

I do all of the work myself so it's taking a very long time and I've been at it, off-and-on, for about ten years now.

I'll probably never complete it in my lifetime and I hope my kids will carry on where I leave off ... :)

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  1. LisaSeptember 27, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    Wow! Who are you? Petrocelli?

    On a serious note, it is beeeuutiful. It is a labour of love and it shines through. Maybe some day, you'll let us peek in the inside.

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  2. OneStonedCrowSeptember 27, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    Thanks OG,

    I'm leaving for the north of Nam tomorrow morning to spend five weeks or so building ...

    ... I'll try to remember to take some pics of the inside ...

    I don't have a reliable internet connection there so I won't be posting anything more 'till I get beck to the desert ...

    ciao

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  3. Bill LislemanSeptember 27, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    have a good trip!

    You post some amazing pics and so I'm not surprised that your house is like many of your pictures.

    Does that outside fireplace provide heat for the inside?

    thanks for the pics.

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  4. OneStonedCrowSeptember 27, 2009 at 10:45 PM

    Thanks lisleman ...

    yeah, it's a double chimney ... inside the house is a fireplace and the outside is a barbecue spot ...

    ... the hole in the chimney is my cave - I'm getting a bit old to climb around in it though ... :)

    cheers ... see you guys after awhile ...

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  5. RoweSeptember 28, 2009 at 1:03 AM

    Hi, that is an amazing house and more impressive you are doing it all yourself.

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  6. OneStonedCrowDecember 2, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    Thanks Rowe,

    yeah, it's a lot of work with many years' labor ahead ... just hope my health holds out ....

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  7. AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    Mr. Crow, that sure is one cool house...:-)

    Robbing a bank to get there now,

    Pauline the Enginehouse xxx

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  8. OneStonedCrowDecember 2, 2009 at 8:06 PM

    Thanks Pauline ...

    ... if you can, please bring some of the loot over too ... I'd love to build a tower with a sunset-jacuzzi on top ...

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  9. auroraDecember 4, 2009 at 8:37 PM

    Graham, Amazing house!!! remember me ...a refugee from the ol' camp SU..glad to see you here
    Monica

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  10. OneStonedCrowDecember 4, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    Wow cool ... what a pleasant surprise! ... I visited your art web page only yesterday ...

    thanks for the visit and comment Monica - it's great to connect with you again - I trust that all's well in your world ...

    ... and yes, I'm also in the process of becoming a refugee ...

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  11. Diary From AfricaAugust 16, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    It's beautiful .... and so unique. What a wonderful piece of yourself to leave to your children one day ...

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  12. OneStonedCrowAugust 16, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    Wow, thanks for digging back this far on my blog and posting a comment Lynda ... I'll be doing an update post very soon ...

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