Secret of attending parties

Picture yourself in a large party, maybe slightly official with uncomfortable dress code and quite splendid surroundings. You were supposed to come here with your friend but she had to stay home because of migraine, so you are all alone in a party where you don’t know anyone and everybody seems to be making (or at least having) more money than you. Quite a task to feel relaxed, don’t you agree?

A Finn in a haystack
I hope you didn’t think you can get away from the party, because you are stuck there. Fear away though, amazingly you are going to meet a genuine Finn. Agreeable person, really quite surprisingly straight-forward and honest, but do you know what this Finn will ask from you as soon as he has the chance? “So, what do you think about Finland?” Ha ha, ain’t that quaint? We are overly concerned what others think about us, spiritually Finland is insecure teenager. You know what you would ask, How are YOU?, What do you think about the band?, Excellent food, eh?

World is 99,9% non-Finn
Just about 99,9% of world population are not Finns. Now that’s one heck of a big party! Can you imagine, how desperately insecure Finns feel themselves? All those people and nobody we know. Solution? Try to be better than you really are. That’s why we make so good log homes. We don’t want to be stared at, while there is a whole world in the same party.

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This post is part of International Marketer Review Blog Carnival at Cindy King.

It’s a big step for a pigeon and so it would be for a mice too. This last step - pictured in the photo above - is bit higher and open for specific purpose. The idea is to create a distance, which can’t be crossed by all the hungry little critters. This in turn saves amazing amount of food stuffs stored.

Look at this structure, first layer is there to create a level base, on which it is easy to build further. It is clearly visible how the foundation level is much newer than actual log cabin over it. Also notice how the first layer of foundation is built over rocks and stones, so that those lowest lying logs won’t get wet and start to rot. Boy they knew what they were doing back in the day (or century for that matter).

Let’s to move our eyes bit higher. Stretching up from the first layer we have vertical posts and on top of them very broad logs. Think how hard it is to climb forward while back is pointing towards ground, so the purpose of this combination is to drop every single interested critter on their backs. Top of the post is the point of no-climbing-forward and food is saved.

Now we can observe the building’s shape in general. Foot of this log storage cabin is relatively small and walls extend outwards as we go upwards. This gives maximal cover for walls against rain and sunshine, extended overhangs seal the case with non-existence of windows. This is your everyday log cabin fortress. One thing that testifies for the fortress cabin is the date of erecting, which is estimated to be around 1850, later generations have made some small modifications on the structure, like more decorative architraves, but essentially it is like it was originally built.

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This post is part of The Homesteading Carnival at HowToMe.