Tales Of A Blocky Life

It’s October!!!

The mega-flower forest grows (the view from Los Pedros)

I’m still working on the nether travel network, but needed a distraction... which is why I’m here. Next up I’m either going to build a fireworks castle/laboratory far to the west on an island in the sea or play a variant of “They Are Billions” rescuing zombie villagers and building a massive ramshackle and pyramidal ‘city’ filled with citizens ... hmmm

(my Minecraft in the Morning station on my nether transport network)

Just Carrots has become Just Major Mineshaft Works. I’ve never constructed a mine that was’t more practical than pretty. So this is new for me. But it all started with finding a nice, wide ravine nearby the carrot field. It gave me inspiration to build something I’ve always wanted to attempt. The extensive deep access stairway is just the first step...

There is also a forest town within view of the hill over the lava pool. It really makes me want to connect it to the roadways of the Commonwealth on the west edge of this same continent. Hmm.... I love road building!

“Just Carrots” tree house balcony views. From top to bottom. The first balcony which was the original landing. It has the best views of the field. The second balcony off the main room has a view toward the dark and unused valley which I might have a plan for soon. And lastly the final three shots are of the large mult-level balcony off the bedroom. It is really just step ups using slabs and upside-down stairs. Being the highest it has access to the canopy and the horizon views.

“Just Carrots” tree house interior. From top to bottom: The first two shots are of the basement platform with tool chests, building materials, and storage or mob parts. Access to upper levels on the opposite side of the trunk. Next two photos show the main room from each of the two balcony doorways. The last shot is of the bedroom up the stairs from that balcony doorway. The crafting table is under one of the chests... which was then switched with an anvil. Blocks are stored next to the furnace, and food and armor next to the bed. No enchanting area here, but I might add a brewing station somewhere. Next up: The balcony views.

The “Just Carrots” tree house exterior (mostly) finished. I think I might extend the up-side down stairs on the base platform so it looks a bit more sturdy. In the third and bottom picture it looks a little precarious. Did not realize you can put flower pots on top of fence posts! Maybe that is new? Next up: interior.

After these pictures I added a third balcony just off the bedroom and was almost instantly attacked by Phantoms (I left all of my armor behind when I left my MitM house with just some wood and tools). Not relaxing!

This is new! Cool! Oh... Oh crud-fritter...

Gotta love 1.13.1, the bug fix edition.

Just chilling... got distracted from my chores at MitM and built a grain silo. Weary from that job I built a better recliner in front of my bedroom fireplace. So toasty warm, now. Where did I put my book. Yawn. So, sleepy.... but waiting for the night phantom. Zzzzzzz

The only rule here (other than to relax) is that I can’t bring anything into the area from Keitharnia at-large. So when I arrive at the portal in a nearby volcano(tm) I have to change into local garb and empty my inventory... very Star Trekian.

I really need to go back and take more photos!

Exploring and looking for llamas in all the wrong places. So many cool landscapes!

My process was to use world edit to add in new chunks until I had a nice water/land transition and then manually edited it the rest of the way. Here I had to round a corner out and lower the land until it couldn’t be seen from the surface. I also removed that spit of land. This edit wasn’t bad. The join in other areas took much planning and thought. This was just manual drudge work.