Archive of a Busy Few Years

Farming, technology, and old-fashioned futurism.

Daybreak Farm was a very active stretch of life in rural New York: sheep, hay fields, ducks, terracing, a giant pond, a 1963 Chris Craft, 4-H, and a fair amount of Warhammer.

The active chapter is mostly over now, but the notes and pictures are worth keeping. This site is the archive.

Aerial view of the Daybreak Farm pond under construction around the Chris Craft

Building the pond around the boat, December 2020.

Where to start

Origin story

The Farm

How the place got its name, what was on the ground, and why the whole thing started.

Sheep and 4-H

Black Sheep 4-H

A good reminder that the farm years were not just projects. They were also family life.

Boat chapter

The big, big boat

The moment the site took a sharp turn toward putting a 46-foot Chris Craft on the property.

Necessary side quest

Warhammer on the boat

Because once there is a boat salon, obviously it needs a GrimDark use case.

From the archive

A few frames from the work.

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Andrew stacking hay at Daybreak Farm
Hay, September 2018
Top-down aerial view of the pond excavation and Chris Craft
Pond excavation, December 2020
Wild meadow beneath a patterned evening sky
The meadow, July 2018
Last major update: Pond Update from August 29, 2024. The project finally looked like it belonged there.