Carving

We got a jump on carving this year, here the ladies are gutting the pumpkins 

Posing with their pumpkins 

Chicken lights

This weekend daddy dave wired up the chicken coop, next I'll put in a couple outlets so that this year I can put water warmers in the buckets. Hopefully no freezing water feeders 

Here you can see the light switch on the exterior ( black), I know it's not code but I'll need to go by the home improvement store later to get one that's rated for exterior.  I also installed the plexiglass over the chickens window to cut down on a cross breeze. 

Trim

 

We've been working on closing up the windows on the exterior , getting ready to put a coat of color on the house. Daddy dave is not so excited about working up on the ladder, but it has to get done. 

Short range.....

Daddy Dave has been putting together a short range for practicing with his fire arms

 Many appliances have met there end here, not to mention old spray cans or anything fun to shoot at

Crown molding

Here we have a pic of the fireplace when we bought the house, much has changed now new harth, rebuilt mantle  etc. etc. however yesterday we finished up putting up the last little bit of trim and trimming out the fireplace



Here it is minus some touch up caulking and paint

Chicken attic........

With all this rain daddy Dave has not been able to do much grass cutting, so he has been working around the house

Here he built a small access point to the space located above the chicken coop, the chicken attic

I have the feeling the girls may take over this spot

It was tricky to work between all the rain storms

Uncovered......

While working on the property we often uncover lost items, here while cleaning out the garage area I uncovered a 50 inch chainsaw bar, that may come in useful if it fits my brand saw.

Here one of the farm cats naps beside an Alpaca skull? I believe 

Blue is inspecting the progress 

Where did it go?.......

Daddy dave needed to relocate the old well structure, but how did he do it if he was just a lone man and with no super human strength?

With a tractor of course, just parked the tractor under and attached 2x6's to the frame and lifted the implements 

And drove it to its new home

Here is my lovely girls hanging out on daddy daves tractor😍, they make it look so easy.

Big dreams

I haven't blogged in a while been super busy/lazy but with a new app on my phone and many projects done (and to come) I figured I would start blogging again here is a picture of our new homestead much has been done since this picture but I thought I would start with a beginning picture, and jump in from there. I enjoyed looking back at past blogs and enjoy kind of documenting timeline on life.

Grill repair....

 

While pulling out the grill the other day daddy Dave noticed that the metal coverings which cover the burners had all but disintegrated (rust). This was the only one left and barely hanging on.

Daddy Dave went to his scrap pile and picked out a piece of formable metal, cut the right length and creased down the center. After a quick coat of high temp black spray paint the fix was done, good as new.

 

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Wagon trail........

 

Well Malia got this pretty spiffy tent like structure for her bed for her birthday, of course the bunk beds just seemed to be lacking something.

First a shallow hole was drilled with a spade bit....on one of the supports.

Another was done on the opposite side but this one had some chisel work done also...

Than daddy Dave installed a wooden dowel (old curtain rod) into the slots...

Next he grabbed some old curtians and slide them on the dowel ......now Ella has her own fort. Momma has sence altered the curtians for a truly more costum look.

 

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Drip drop....

 

Here Ella poses with the old faucet ......I think she might want her water bottle refilled...

And here Malia test out the new/used faucet, I think she was telling me the water was starting to get hot....

 

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Official birthday girl......

 

Today is officially Malia's birthday but her party was this past weekend, here she is enjoying some eats

Here is one of her gifts, too big to really wrap....so daddy Dave threw an old sheet over it.

Safety first, after she buckles on her helmet she takes it for a spin, happy birthday my sweet baby girl, and may the years not roll by so fast.

 

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Another bites the dust....

 

Daddy Dave says good by to another scrap pile, while getting ready for Malia's birthday party daddy Dave burnt it down.

 

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Laundry room cubbies......

 

Daddy Dave needed to put together some storage boxes for the new cubbyholes which are in the laundry room. Daddy Dave could have just bought baskets but this was not a very cost efficient option, So he made his own. First he took some left over cabinet scraps(kitchen Reno)......

Cut them down to the correct size.......also cut the appropriate sides, bottoms, and backs needed to build four boxes.

And put them together.........

Now a fresh coat of paint and they'll be done, maybe a layer of felt on the bottoms also.

Here they are in position, but not yet painted, daddy Dave would have liked to use the upper part of the cabinets (arch) but opted for a uniform look.

 

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Weather...

 

With the nice weather we've been having it allows the girls a chance to get outside and play, here Malia and Ella enjoy the sun accompanied with a loli pop ...and climb about on the fallen trees. Of course the loli pop had to be finished before playing could resume, but they didn't seem to mind.

The the girls show off one of their creations, they love to gather daddy Dave's scraps and build houses etc out of them. Malia is also at a point in her life where she likes to play with her hair, this often makes hair combing a challange. She twirls it, often causing it to knot .

 

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