I have been researching cob houses for a couple of years. When I found this cob home on airbnb, I knew I wanted to stay here, my first cob experience. As my husband and I drove up to the cob house, I was a bit overwhelmed with emotion. I had seen this home so many times on many cob websites. It is well known. However, the alternative building popularity of this cob home isn't the draw, it's the story of this home. The woman who built it and what it means. It is the first documented permitted cob home in Canada, and to achieve this, much needed to fall into place to achieve the dream of this home, persistence as well as grace. You can feel that in this home and you can feel the honor of that grace and persistence in Alexis. The little details are placed in this home with love and care. Alexis is the perfect caretaker for the role of honoring the beauty and heart of this home. We had several conversations about life, about this home and cob building as well. Alexis has an authentic love for cob building, and is very aware of how important it is to bring non synthetic items into this cob home for the beauty and also to enhance the health experience of the home of as little toxins as possible. When it was time to leave the cob home, again I was over come with emotions as well though as a knowing that it is possible to sculpt a home with my own hands and for it to be a legacy of love that I share with my family and those who come to my cob home to experience what it feels like to be embraced and held by the substances of the earth.