Christmas Day 2013

Our sister, Barbara, and her husband, Jim, were visiting from Virginia over the holidays and wanted to see the farm.  They seemed to like the visit.  We think it is hard to over-sell the "place."
Here is the status of the house on Christmas.  You will note that we have windows and doors (in the garage).

Security...

Trouble at the farm reported regarding our first line of security, so I made a quick trip to harden that defense.  We are in a tough situation.  On the one hand, we need to secure the job site and all of the materials and tools.  On the other, those who are doing the work need access.  As we progress, the balancing of these two factors will only become more challenging.

Took a quick picture just because I could...

A Fantastic Day At The Farm!

Today reminded us why we live in Texas.  The weather was perfect!  The secret is we have to endure 3 months of nonstop summer to get to the 9 months of varying degrees of perfection!

We fell into our routines and the dogs spent their day, sniffing and routing around discovering how the farm's wild creatures were dealing with the season including those who had been a meal for others.

 I was pulling bones, etc. out of the various mouths all day.

We went by the farm and ranch store early, and with some assistance, bought the right kind of wire cutters so we could work on removing some of the random barbwire we have on the farm.

 

We headed toward the tank and the ducks took wing.  Peg yelled, "Get a picture of the ducks!"

 

I have about five more pictures of the flying ducks, but thought three of my best pictures was plenty!

 

LOOK AT OUR HOUSE!!!!!  WOWIE!

  

The framers are still working, but are almost done.  We were able to walk through the rooms and go upstairs. We had a real sense of what's what. It hit us hard today that we're building a home and will be putting down our roots here. 

 

 

This is our view from the back porch.  I can visualize sitting here with my coffee and soaking up this scene (without all the construction materials). 



Moving Down The Long Road

 

As we drove toward the front gate, past the front pasture, this was the scene that greeted us.  It was foggy, winds at 15 mph, and 36 degrees, but the framers were working and we could see the skeleton of our new home!





We drove up the drive and snapped a few more pictures.  It was very cold so we didn't linger long.

Wow, how cool is this!

CORRECTION (from 11-30-13):  My rant about the very young
inexperienced truck driver was unfounded.  From pictures taken by
one of the Game Cams, apparently a very old, slow to react driver
made the wood delivery.