Vela Creations is an in-depth resource for off grid living. The site documents our research and experiences, hoping that they might help others interested in pursuing this lifestyle. This blog is designed to document our day to day experiences as we build our new, sustainable homestead. If you are interested in seeing more photos and videos, we have a flickr account at the following url: http://flickr.com/photos/35090117@N05/collections/

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Zora Neale Hurston

"The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor." - Zora Neale Hurston

Saturday, October 28, 2017

H. P. Lovecraft

"But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean." - H. P. Lovecraft

Friday, October 27, 2017

Peter Benchley

"Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth." - Peter Benchley

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Friday, October 20, 2017

Hosea Ballou

"Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains." - Hosea Ballou

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Samuel Butler

"Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning." - Samuel Butler

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

John Donne

"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face." - John Donne

Sunday, October 8, 2017

John Burnside

"If nature offers no home, then we must make a home one way or another. The only question is how." - John Burnside

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Arthur C. Clarke

"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean." - Arthur C. Clarke

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