Time to Bloom

  March is here. So comes the wind, big swings in temperatures, and blooms on the trees. Seems first around here is the Bradford Pears with their white flowers. Closely behind this year I see the wild plum, sassafras, redbud, and dogwoods. Guess I didn’t recall the sassafras trees blooming out before.   Hyacinth, daffodils,…

Fiber Internet Is Here

After much anticipation, fiber internet is finally here. Once the fiber was put into the orange pipe and tested, they determined the fiber was defective, so had to pull it all out and blow new fiber cable in. This time the signal was satisfactory, but the line from the box by the road and our…

The House becomes a Home

For our goals, we decided on downsizing from the monster 4 bedroom, two story, two car garage home we had before. We wanted something smaller, less to keep clean, less to heat in the winter and less to cool in the summer. So we purchased a modular home of 1320 square feet, about half of…

Foundation for Home

Getting the concrete foundation down after clearing the ground was next. Trenches for water, electric, and sewer were all put in place, fill and base to bring it up to level, and thick and strong enough to support the weight of our home when it set on the foundation.  

Fiber Internet is Coming

After what has seemed like a long wait following the telco announcement about fiber internet, the construction has started. Thinking is around the end of the year before service will actually be available. Looking forward to internet speeds fast enough that the connection doesn’t time out before the photo is uploaded to the site.

Barn Building

So the April Showers arrived – slowed everything down so far as barn building went. The gravel base has been delivered and the framing materials are ready to come off the trailer. Corner posts were set and checked for square and vertical. The rest of the posts were set for the walls. Side girts were…

Barn Building

So the April Showers arrived – slowed everything down so far as barn building went. The gravel base has been delivered and the framing materials are ready to come off the trailer. Corner posts were set and checked for square and vertical. The rest of the posts were set for the walls. Side girts were…

Clearing for the Barn

The selected area just west of the cabin. Started cutting trees, and brush. Used the Kubota with the front loader to clear most of the ground, a bit like a bull dozer, pushing the smaller trees and brush out of the area. The largest of the trees was this hickory tree, actually two trees from…