What I've Been Up To

I've been building my wife the master bedroom she has been wanting. She wanted a walk in closet but I got her to agree to a built-in 12 footer. That means 4 feet for me and 8 feet for her.

She wanted a lot of natural light and I got a steal on these 5x5 windows. This one is going to be at the head of our bed. With the window open at night it will almost be like sleeping outside.

These are the other two windows facing the morning sun. She wanted a bright room and she got it. These two windows are also 5x5 each. We have 3 5x5 windows in a 16x16 bedroom.

There on the right is the door to our new bedroom. We were going to use this room here for a walk-in closet but decided to make a small room and add another exit door.

This is the new window in the living room. We wanted more natural light; so when we built this on we added a 3 and a half ft by 8 and a half ft window. We love all the light that comes in now. We also have a great view of the front yard.

It takes a lot of time and money to build nowadays. I've had the time and then the money, but they've just never came together until this past year. We have paid as we went and when it's completely done we can sit down and enjoy it without the worry of paying for it.

I have realized one thing about myself in this whole process and that is I hate muddin' drywall. I don't have the patience to mud; let it dry: sand; and repeat until it's right. I wish I would have hired this one out.

My wife's hobby

It all started back in January 2011. We purchased a mini rex buck and doe. We are now the proud owners an even dozen. These are the latest additions. A beautiful mini rex doe.

Another mini rex doe.

This is one of our holland lop bucks. We currently have three.

Another picture of the first doe. I'll post more later. I really enjoy them as well.

Fall is here

We're trying to finish up too many projects this fall. We built a new addition this summer and it needs a little finishing work. The new wood shed is still a just a bunch of posts in the ground with two by six's screwed to them. The weather is cooling down and winter is just around the counter. I hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew.

Rain and wind, will it ever end

The rain just keeps on coming. I just hope we get some this summer. The ground is so saturated that it can't absorb any more so we have water setting in every low spot on the farm. What doesn't make a small pond runs off and erodes everything.

And we couldn't have rain around here without wind. It blew my bird feeder behind the house 30 feet over the hill. The birds had already cleaned it out though. They didn't know to go to the post where the bird feeder was or where the bird feeder is now. I had birds in both places looking for food.

Here comes the rain. These are the clouds that produced the first picture. It looks dark and ominous, but it was just extremely hard rain. I've caught myself chanting " rain, rain go away, come again another day". I'm so aggravated that I'm chanting a kids song. Yeah, I'm aggravated; no potatoes in the ground, I can't get my old sheds cleaned up, I need to do some brush cutting and so many other things. It's all piling up. If I'm at work it's sunny, if I'm home it's raining. I just can't win for losing.

First morels of the season

I only found six little ones, but that's a start. My father found six yesterday evening. I'm hoping that I'll find a bunch more. I love eating these tasty little gifts from God. They are so good rolled in flour and fried in butter until golden brown. I just wish I had more. I saw a glow coming through the window the other evening. This strange reddish tinted glow. So I took the camera out and snapped a couple of photos of it. I love sunsets as you can tell by my header pictures.

Tryin to get things done.

This is my rainwater tank, I've yet to install it. It will help out with the animal watering and watering the garden. It's a 1,000 gallon tank. It should help out if the summer gets dry. It shows no sign of being dry lately with all the rain, but just like every year it will turn dry about late June or July and I'll be hauling water again. Well maybe not this year.

I've been cleaning a few fence rows lately. These fences need repair before we can get some cattle, but before we can repair them we have to clean them out and they are a mess with all the multa-flora rose around here. I still need to clean up the pond bank and the road banks and many other places. I have a bunch of brush to cut and I want to cut it before it greens up good. Now I don't have to worry about snakes and bees. So I want to get it done now.

Random Pictures

A pretty iris.

Some yummy chicken.

Dylan after feeding the beagles; Lucas and Blue.

Lucas and his guinea pal. The guinea posed for the picture, but Lucas just kept eating.