by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 30, 2019
Revisiting Our Home’s Heat Load On February 27, 2000 I discussed our solar heating design and in that article I briefly touched on the subject of determining our home’s heat load. At the time, there wasn’t a whole lot of information on the internet...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 19, 2019
Testing…1-2-3…Testing. Are we live? Testing 1-2-3. Testing. It’s hard to believe but yes, we are back up and running again on a new hosting platform. I have a TON of stuff to do to get DayCreek up to full speed, but at least things have...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 21, 2005
A few years ago a story was circulating around these parts about a bear sighting just a few miles from here. Someone said they saw a mother bear with two cubs. Now these stories travel through the area But, the neighbors are all talking about the black bear that was...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 4, 2005
Well I guess Mother Nature is attempting to even the score. Above normal temperatures are now a thing of the past and winter has set in with a vengeance. Temperatures are well below normal with daily high temperatures reaching what are commonly the daily low...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 11, 2005
Most of the leaves have fallen off the trees now, but just a few weeks ago the trees in back of the house were spectacular. The weather here in southeast Minnesota has been balmy most of this autumn. Temperatures are running well above average for the months of...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 11, 2005
The Big Dipper has been done numerous times by cordwood builders, so I instead elected to use the constellation Orion. The red bottle represents the red giant star named Betelgeuse. Wall number 61 was completed last week, leaving only 3 cordwood walls left to do. Will...
