Joon

Welcome, Joon.

** Homework assignment Friday Aug 26th --- Good points but plenty missing as well. 85% ** Budget: $120,000

House - North East
 * 2 people
 * Small
 * Single Storey
 * Energy Efficient
 * Sustainable
 * According to Vastu principles
 * Off the grid
 * North Entrance
 * Wall and Ceiling with good insulation
 * Not concrete
 * Porch & fences
 * Electricity power is an open question: Solar power, propane gas?
 * Water?

Accessible to the lake with walkway to pier, possible having a gazebo for picnic

Greenhouse - South Side of the house

Storage/Garden/Cow - West Side of the house

Sharing the road with neighbour with forking to south east north toward the house

First, is the house, the architecture, the European style of the house is fantastic. The lawn in front of the house, the trees (the twisted one, and the other odd looking trees), the canopy that almost filter out the sunlight was really a pleasant feeling and made me want to just stay there. Perhaps I feel the sense of happiness in there.
 * Homework assignment Tuesday Aug 23nd Leopold field trip notes --- 94% Excellent **
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The view in front of the house was spectacular, the trees branches and leaves sort of cover up the mystery of the view, when you walk out all the ‘obstacles’ and the view just opened up to you, and it felt really great looking at the Mississippi river, the forking rivers that connected from the right, the trees along the river, the open view stretching beyond the eyes can reach. The trail was another surprise, it almost like a hidden garden, every steps along the way, there were just so much things to see. I wish I could stay longer.

Finally, the short trip into the forest followed the river’s path. The rocks formation along the path, I cannot help but wonder how those rocks getting in there? The best part was the breeze, the shuffling sound of the leaves, when you close your eyes. It almost felt like you were near the ocean.

The Forest and the House, I felt the peacefulness and the quietness. They are both close to the nature. Although the house was not natural part of the environment, but why the surrounding felt so much closer to the nature, it is because the builder of the house having the respect to the nature, and it preserve the natural quality of the surrounding?
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 * Homework assignment Monday Aug 22nd Leopold Reading --- Good points but very brief. 82% **
 * A sense atmosphere, visual imagination
 * Stories within a story
 * Almost like reading a poem, sometimes it is hard to understand

2. Thinking like a mountain is using the howl of a wolf as a reflection for us to learn and appreciate the diversity of lives around us. For every action we take there is an effect.