Art on the Wall and a Beautiful Morning

Image Kind had a 40% off sale on and I wanted to check the quality of their prints, since I haven't done that in awhile.  Do miss the lush green of the old farm, so I love having this on the Wall. It is called, "Time Lost".  Fitting I think.
I also bought the panoramic of Mt St Helens I captured and that came out, very, very well. Will try to get a photo of it soon as DH has his stuff off the mantel. 

This morning I decided to play with my slowly dying camera. Its frustrating me no end and wish Santa would bring me another one, one that works very well, isn't broken and able to do what I want. But until that happens....


This is one of the photos I took, that I liked. The other is on my Art page if anyone wants to take a look. 


Family has been staying busy. Not sure what we are going to do over the Holidays. Most likely continuing to work on the new place.
But we will see. 


It is however, wonderful to have the family all together again!! VBG

Horse's Run in Shed has arrived!

 At long last, the horse's new home. Nothing fancy, just a double bay run in shed, with a wee tack room on the end. Here you see it on the trailer.

 Then tilting the trailer back aiming for the blocks. Who ever made the rule in this county, that we had to use block, has never lived on a Farm. Would of been better on a level gravel base.


Of course my heart was in my throat through this whole process.

A Nice Oak framed, Amish built, Board and Batten Run in Shed.


Hopefully we will be able to get the fence buttoned up this weekend and the horse's can finally have the run of their night pasture!

The Yule Tree

DH bought me Moonstruck Chocolate for Christmas! 

And I had to put it under our little Yule Tree.


 Just a table top sized one but we like it. Makes the house smell wonderful.


Well..... and with a big tree, we would most likely have cat's helping us with things in the tree and that would make the holidays a wee bit more interesting than we need.


So small is good!

Fencing

Since the run in shed is arriving this Monday, I decided we need to work on the fencing a bit. Nice to have another section finished and the brace for the larger of the two gates in.

Finished the New Roof

The new roof was finished yesterday. Properly put on with a ridge Vent across. This will stop some of the things that were going on with the roof.

Can also see we have put a gravel path in, which will be dual purpose. One, to be able to use the front door and the second will be a path to the future hay shed.



Back part of the new roof and you can see the ridge vent better here.

Nice to know we will have a dry house during the winter.

The New Roof for the house we bought ~

Hated parting with the money for a new roof but as you can see, it needed to be done. Yes, that is indeed a hole in the roof... and mold.

This is what happens when people use a contractor, that doesn't care about the quality of his work, or even doing the work correctly.

Luckily, we found a good general contractor that takes pride in his work, to repair all the issues with the house. So if you need a good Contractor in Caroline County, VA, let me know. Will give you his contact information.

New Roof, Horse pasture and a Muddy white horse

Wasn't at all happy when I found out we needed a new roof on the part of the house built in 2000.

The money we are having to put into that repair, should of bought, a scooter so I can get around places better, wood stove for the house and a manure vacuum. Sigh ~~

The roof repair is more important. And the family is together but will still grumble about it a bit.

Stone foundation for the wee board and batten hay shed.

Where the wee board and batten run in shed will be, hopefully sometime next week.

Was hoping for a small traditional barn but this is what we could afford. Maybe some day.

Other side of the night pasture. DH will finish this part once the run in shed is in place.

Yes, Dyfra can even find mud in VA, rather impressive.

Family is doing well.

Slowly getting things done, unpacking as I find room to put the stuff.

For such a big house, there is very little closet space and what there is didn't have any shelving or such. So DH and DS put some up.

The poor men of the house are going to have a "To Do" list, a mile long for a very long while! But at least they will never be bored. ;O)