The Fall | Have You Seen the Ugly Orange Chairs Yet?
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- The leaves fall around me (almost all of them!) as I work around the log cabin, rebuilding the roof of the woodshed, stacking it full of firewood, and trying out a new log carrying tool as I clean up the logs and firewood piles around the property. Cali sleeps on the dining table bench in the evening while I catch up on all of your comments and review trail camera pictures on my laptop in front of the fire in the cabin.
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Cali is a description of what life should be. I enjoy watching her. Thanks for posting.
At the beginning Cali was in the forest we could barely see her the colours matched perfectly . She is so playful then we saw her again as she was moving around. She is such a beauty and loyal companion.
Georgette Wood - She would make anyone a dog lover!
Always by Shawn's side, or never far away. Total devotion.
It was just after the leaves had fallen last year when I started watching your channel. Nearly a year later and I'm still loving it. Keep it up.
For me it was past winter, so I'm almost done my self reliance first 'year' :)
Probably the only channel I have never skipped a video on.
Happy anniversary guys :)
The leaves falling and the colors on top of your work is an enchanting video....so lovely. Mr. James you are blessed, in deed!!!
Your home is stupendous. Looks so spacious and comfortable. Lighting is subtle and the whole thing looks so embracing. No matter how much we progress, there are those of us who will always hanker for our roots. You, Shawn, have created a slice of heaven. TFS. Woof to the golden one!
I grew up without a Dad around and now that im older and watching your videos it almost feels like im a kid just silently watching my dad work, taking in all the knowledge and thought of being constructive. Just watching you quietly work and working things out in your head make just want to be a sponge and obsorb all the knowledge i can from you.
Thank You for that Shawn.
CHEERS🍻
Where can I start! The stacking of wood took me back to my childhood. We had a wood stove in the kitchen and our woods provided an abundance of wood. After it was cut to size, my job was to help stack it.
Love the fall colors with Cali in the background; here in the Midwest, the trees are still mostly green. Keep up the great videos and thanks for the memories, including the outhouse.
May the God of all gods continually be glorified through the beauty of the land on which your cabin rests. The landscape is remarkable, the leaves are like a multi colored canopy on which an artist brilliantly paints captivating scenes of nature's own sacred melodies. Thank you!
An old lumberjack told me once, " you can judge someone personality by the way they stack their wood pile". You seem to be well organized. Have a great fall season Shawn.
OMG! Canada is such an incredible place you can experience all 4 distinct seasons!
i live in place where its summer 99% of the year.
i will do anything to live there, just wow!
I’d like to live in Canada because Of the moron president we have here in the US.
Anita Russum Why not go then.
as much as i'd like to argue with you right now over this comment please don't ruin my fun with boring politics.
thanks.
Why inject poison into this lovely video?
@Stop Fighting Now!!! Stop with your MAGA bs. How anyone could support that guy is beyond me. If there's a poison around here, it's him.
Thank you for all the effort you have been putting into your videos. They have been amazing!
love the autumn colors
Such a beautiful time of the year, the magic when the leaves let go with their rustles. What the earth gave to the trees in spring now returns to the ground, and soon it will be crunchy, then frosty. You caught the beauty of The Fall perfectly. There really is no other channel quite like yours. You are an artist with camera and editing. The sounds were lulling and a little exciting too. Winter is not far away. You will catch the beauty of that season as well. You are very good at making us feel what you feel, from the oppressive heat of summer, to the perfection of an autumn day when you just want to play, to the gravity getting the better of leaves letting go of their branches. You are one of my heroes.
I can't thank you enough for all the videos you have posted with the rest of the world!
I am an active duty soldier about to retire and this is the life I would love to be when I retire!
your intro immediately put me at ease and I could just about breath the fresh air. Thanks so much for what you do for all of us stuck in the concrete jungle .
Why stuck? Do you really need all that the concrete jungle has to offer?
For the time being I need my job, but I'm figuring out a way to work remotely.
Well wishes for attaining your dream set-up for your life.
Thank you friend , And the same to you and yours.
I'm saving up to live the EXACT same life, only in the Bulgarian mountains. These video's inspire me to work harder, make more money so i can do the same! Thank you so much for sharing all your amazing content!
Hi Glen, make also videos for us :)
Hey Kiwi! :) I'm documenting the journey how you can go from a city life, to a "off the grid" life :) Once i start my first video's (already shot a bunch, but need to edit them) i will share them over here If that's oke with my self reliance of course :)
@@LouDobbsLA been in crypto before the 2017 bullrun 😜 so I'm getting there.
Amazing job. Love the fall foliage around your place. Hugs for Cali. Best Dog ever.
The opening shot, with the leaves falling is breathtaking!!!!!
I remember reading Bradford Angier when I was Fifteen-years-old and how he thought he could never have enough fire wood for the cabin. It’s never enough.
Happy chopping! MG
And again.....31 people came here to dislike for no reason, I feel sorry for individuals that have nothing better to do. Thank you Shawn, once again, for sharing what you do.
Thank you. The good news is that they can't help themselves from coming to watch anyways. :)
GR8 Outdoors
I think those people are gelouse they want the attention Shawn is getting and they can't get it they are poor sports it's just what I think
GR8 Outdoors
I think they could be from other videos they made in the woods but not near as good as Shawns again that just me thinking
Last video i said the same thing. What's not to dislike?..is it the outdoors they don't? Is it the manual work they dislike..? I would like to have time to creat everything he does.....id rather do things myself then to be catered too......awesome work you do...keep the videos coming
The way to counter the downvotes is to LIKE THE VIDEO!
The cinematic experience is getting better and better. Your skills with camera work and editing are very impressive, especially considering you are doing it between lots of building work.
Thanks for taking us on the journey again!
Love seeing the autumn colors, if you could upload some stills or photographs with the quality of this video and last video I'd have a new PC background 100%
Watching the leaves fall is so beautiful, it's not something we get to experience in Sydney Australia and of course watching Cali running around in the leaves made me smile.
Nice comfortable video ,something soft to sit on .🙂🐕
I like the music in the slow Mo video . And the leaves falling. And we can't forget about Calie !
General repair
I just subscribed to this channel yesterday,
and i have to say that i already spend 9 hours watching your videos.
Thanks for being a Inspiration to many of us!
Greetings from germany :)
Definitely agree with what Logan has said. I also came across your channel yesterday and have two days off work. I've spent the last several hours watching your videos. Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.
I can relate To this :D the week i found this Channel, oh boy.... I watched A lot of his videos... Best UA-camr hands down.
It's heavily addictive like a drug.
Welcome to the cabin!
Als ich den Kanal vor rund 1.5 Jahren entdeckte, grub Shawn noch sein Fundament für's Blockhaus...bei damals unter 200Tausend Abonnenten!
Ich gönne ihm jeden einzelnen Subscriber!
...und gucke auch fleissig die "Hornbach-Commercials" ;) A.T. aus Berlin Süd-West.
I know you're busy with the wood shed.... BUT, yet again.... the Autumn beauty is breathtaking. I consider it a treat to see it in your vids. Thanks
the color of the forest...my god, nature can be absolutely beautiful when she's not mad
I watch all the videos, is really an inspiration. I am an Architect from Argentina living in Seattle. Love your dog she is so cute.
I am on my 7th year living off-grid deep in the forest of Eastern Ontario. Your projects have been fun to watch but with that being said one lesson I have learned is that doing a job once and right the first time saves lots of hassles. Your projects are meant to make life a little easier so doing the job once makes time for all the never ending jobs that occur living this lifestyle. One big lesson, treating un-treated wood so it doesn't rot. Living in Ontario forests will rot wood quick. Bug love fresh cut wood. When all that wood you have used begins to disintegrate boy are you going to have fun trying to fix it all.
Another Steller video 📹. Loved every moment. Hearing my much loved sounds of wind/rain rustling the leaves, was sheer bliss. There's absolutely nothing that can be compared to natures sounds. A fantastic combination of one man's skills and determination. Autumn leaves falling off trees to combine with sounds of wind/rain. Sheer bliss. Thank you Mr James... You are truly blessed.
Mr. James,
I watch all your videos everynight before bed. My mother who recently passed enjoyed watching you too. Thank you for making all the videos for us to enjoy
-Jesse From Tennessee, USA
Beautiful update at the cabin! The upholstered easy chairs inside are some different from what you had going into winter last year! Somehow, it is always sad to me to see autumn leaves falling!
Surrounded by mountains and State park land, I can only imagine the beauty of where you are in the fall. It looks...magical
Shawn: It seems to me that you build things for your Great-Great-Grandchildren's future use. This of course is a good thing. 😊
BTW - I'm not much of an animal person but Cali is worth her weight in gold. She is a blessing to you and I truly admire your relationship with her. Give her a hug for me.
Watching on a big screen this morning. Stunning autumn imagery and so much more detail of your amazing work. A beautiful and forgiving time to work outdoors. Thank you, your wife and Cali. God bless.🐕🐾🍀
I was born and raised, and mainly lived in the Chaleurs Bay area , we have lots of woods, lakes, rivers, and the beauty of the bay, but it never gets old, I'm still always amazed at it's beauty and all the beauty of areas like that anywhere in the world, I can't live in a city for long! Lol! I need to come back home to the beauty!
I remember growing up on the farm helping my dad cut,split and stack firewood. We had a woodshed about that size that we had to fill for the winter every year. So I feel your pain. 😊👍
I remember the old adage "firewood warms you twice!"
watching your videos is like meditating
I know you have not much to do before the snow hits, lol! This is the time of year to plant Garlic which takes little time and with all those leaves the garlic could have a nice protective barrier. This year I am planting Russian garlic as it is strong in flavor. Good video Shawn, thx for sharing!
Wood roof is good idea you have all natural sounds around your cabin with wooden roofs. Don’t want to spoil that with a noisy tin roof.
The leaves and trees are so beautiful. Those orange chairs look to be quite comfortable. Comfort in a chair wins every time. The cabin looks better with the addition of the two chairs.
Can’t wait to see how you finish the roof and then the bath house. Keep them coming!
Although I sometimes become anxious watching you work because I want to help you grab something or give you a hand, the channel remains one of my favorites. So subtle, organic and a masterful taste for the nuances of life.
In watching you work in this video, it took me back to my solitary work on my 5 homes and grounds through the years. There is an amazing fulfillment in being self reliant.
Cali blends with the fall colors so Beautiful, Great Job on woodshed! Love your place it's just magical 💞😀
As a respond to your other channel's today video, I would say that: Anyone who wants to quit his dream, means he is not living his dream in the first place..
Thanks for these beautiful videos and sceneries we get see!
Shawn I don’t know what your goal is exactly but what you have done with that property is nothing short of amazing. I look forward to you videos and accomplishments.. what a talent you have!
Every time you mention your winters wood supply I think that you better have a lot more off camera because I can only relate it to what I can burn here (supplemental heat) or what we would go through every winter when I still lived with my parents but then I realize your requirements to heat your cabin will be a lot less due to its size and construction.
As for the “ugly orange chairs”. I see some practical and comfortable seating arrangements and as long as they aren’t the chair from Big Bang Theory with the critter inside then they will do the job fine.
Please tell us a little more about your food storing experience. Is it much harder than your regular modern home? food spoilage, and how to store your typical everyday groceries.
Looking forward to have my friday dinner with your company - as always!
Good choice to put wooden roof, its way better looking than metal. 👍👍👍
What a treat for my Monday morning. Thanks!
Have a nice week Mr. James & Cali too. I’m very anxious for the next video. Peace out!
the fall colors are stunning such a golden light to everything. wood all stacked up before the rain, and all those chairs need are a couple tanned deer hides and your golden.I don't think there's a better time to work in the woods than fall,enjoy every minute of it Shawn.
The leaves falling was so pretty!!! Your wife is very talented! Your place is beautiful! And I love the pop of color of the chairs in the cabin! They look comfy and you need that! Calli’s tail looks kind of like a deer’s. She’s so pretty running around in the leaves! ❤️❤️❤️
I thoroughly enjoy your videos and this one in particular. It reminded me of my early teenage years chopping and stacking firewood for the winter at my father's command. That was in the Laurentian mountains in Quebec. I'm 62 now and living in the deep south of the USA. Thanks for a great visual reminder of the simpler days! Even though it seemed like work back then, I'd happily volunteer to chop and stack just one more time. watching the video, I could almost smell the wood, the fall leaves and the mist in the air!
Callie is such a good dog. I know that you are glad that she is there with you I like all the continued improvements. I hope that you will be able to start preparing your garden sight for next spring. all those leaves, very small branches, wood ash and sawdust just pilled up to decay over the winter will give you some great soil and with out having to till up the soil or remove any rocks. Just wishing you the best. I hope that you will see this.
Beautiful capture of the abscission of the maple tree's. So magical seeing the leaves fall in what seemed in slow motion, and yet ended too fast. Thanks for sharing and capturing in space that time for such beauty! I so very much enjoy you and your wife's photography.
We have really enjoyed watching the progress you've made. Love the music in the beginning. Always gets my toe tapping. Also, we admire how you're living. You are already where we are working to get to. Enjoy your cozy home, and all the costs you "don't" have to pay living off grid. Good for you.
It's looking so comfy now. Cali snoozing, a banjo on the wall, and the chairs.
Wow l didn't know what to say but there is something in your vlogs warming our hearts 😉 and yes thanks for sharing 💚 💜 💙
My Great Uncle and Aunt lived like you do up into the 1980's and always cooked inside the house year round. The heat like the cold is something that goes hand and hand with cabin living.
Beautiful Fall colors
Thank you very much for all you do and for sharing with us. It’s nice to be part of it and see what’s next. Hope you can show us the work on the tree, and first snow fall. That will mark a a full year for me watching your work. Thanks again, from London, UK.
Thank you. Happy anniversary :) yes, Wednesday's video documents the following day, including the tree felling.
Hi Shawn. Looks like your hand has healed up pretty good or at least good enough to work. Funny how time moves and we all tend to wonder where it goes. I keep checking your weather and how it will relate to mine. (Approx 375 miles south of you). I am however excited as usual for the fall weather but I am a little concerned this year as it has been a strange one for us all. We've had record rainfall, (60 Inches above normal), and I'm hoping that we don't get the same average of snowfall as that would be roughly 50 feet. We normally get between 3-4 feet of annual snowfall. I hope I'm prepared enough either way. I'm looking forward to this winters progress at the cabin seeing as you won't have to contend with the elements since the cabin is there. Seemed a little rough last year as I recall. Nice that Cali has her full coat on to assist in keeping ya warm as well just in case,,,lol. God's Peace and Blessings
He knows everything!! He knows what to do and how to do it!
I really want to be like him. Someday.
Love the Orange chairs! Look very comfortable also and most important of all.
Well it looks so pretty. It's a picture. Looking at the stars at night can you imagine that. I suspect there are downsides. Just for now let's be happy. Great to watch
Cabin is looking AWESOME!!!! Projects are moving along nicely.
Another beautiful video! To me this is what a mansion looks like!👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Only thing I don't like about fall is, it don't last long enough. My favorite season. Another good one My Canadian friend👍👍👊
Great video as always . The foliage has changed from green to orange so quickly. The cabin is looking so good,can’t wait for the next instalment
LOL! Orange chairs! Retro...Not just for All Hallows Eve! Happy you reminded us of that tree to come down...And thanks for making the time to share again!
I have red velvet club chairs, very comfortable in my dining area. My daughter called them my Rock'n'roll chairs the year I first bought them, due to brass stud offbeat shapes made on their backs by the trim ; )
Of course I love the pop of color and contrast of style they bring to your log cabin♡♡
Fall colors of Ontario, Pure Ontario. What a beauty!!
Thank you for sharing your amazing video, love them. God bless you and your family
Man oh man do I miss those colorful, falling leaves. Up here in the higher elevations of the Rockies, nearly everything is coniferous. There are a few hardwoods but not many and some of the undergrowth changes color, but not like that. I'm originally from back east in the mountains of Pennsylvania and when autumn rolls around, I do get a bit homesick for those colors. Enjoy the season Shawn. I'm just a tad envious. ;)
Dear Shawn, you spoil your adoring fans with a video so early in the week -what, did you feel guilty out and about in the kayak last week.
Another top production from the James cast and crew. Thank you.
I think those chairs look comfortable and go perfectly with the cabin! Thank you for sharing your world.
The leaf colours have changed so fast where you are, amazing. Just changing in the UK, or falling because of the dry weather this year.
Same here in Ireland!
I used to tear down old barns for the lumber. I noticed on most of them there was the odd board that had rotted out on the walls. I ask a old man why it rotted and others didn't.
So he showed me . The board that rotted was turn with butt end to the ground. When the rain run down it would catch and wear between the growth rings. If the butt was at the tip it had a shingle effect. The water would flow right off. Without damage. A little food for thought.
You have done a great job with your Channel. Thanks for sharing.
Omg this is something out of a story book , love autum
Those beautiful leaves on the trees! What a gorgeous forest. I wouldn't call those chairs orange. More firey red. Looks cozy in there now. What a man cave!
The autumn colors are beautiful! I like the wood shed! Cali sleeping and the rain falling outside was a sweet way to end the video! Nice Monday evening treat Shawn!
Glad you decided on a wooden roof on the firewood shed. A metal roof wouldn't have fit in as nicely with the rest of the buildings. 😊
You have become a great master of video. Thank you for having the patience to not only work but to film which I am sure takes 2 or 3 times as long. Just want you to know that it is appreciated and admired.
Thank you so much for giving the temperature in terms we folks in the states understand.
Beautiful splashes of autumn drifting down from heaven...
Wow, Cali blends right into the Fall colors.
i like the falling leaves with different color's so nice to see this in your video, thanks for sharing have a nice day and i know rain ,storms and snow will coming soon. the fall and winter are my favorite time of the year
Beautiful forest..beautiful house...thanks!!
Love Autumn..so beautiful,really amazing ..thanks Shawn do really appreciate you doing videos for us .
The video of the leaves falling seems so very peaceful.
Lovin the carpet of leaves... 🍁🍃🍂🍁🍃🍂
Thank you for the inspiration. Retire in April. Will be doing the same in northern Wisconsin.
Again thank you... Happy building. Brian.
The opening with the falling leaves is so beautiful. What a terrific site for your cabin. Love following this....
Fantasy! Each frame is a work of art!
Cali and Fall has the same color!!! 😁🐶❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful just Beautiful and very relaxing to watch these videos. Hello Cali from Guyana 🇬🇾 🤗
Gorgeous! CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S THAT HOT UP THERE IN FALL! IT'S NEVER THAT WARM IN OREGON IN THE FALL.
To soon old, to late smart! So wish I would have made the leap to true living as you have when I was younger. Enjoy your videos very much. Thank you and keep them coming.
OMG the beauty of this place is absolutely breathtaking!!!