I actually started this post months ago, thinking one of the times we talked to our Italian tile guy, we'd remember to ask him if he knows someone who does terrazzo. But we didn't and he didn't notice the floor so this post just sat dormant... But, when "the local"...
The neighbors lose some charm…
Over the past week, we have been watching as our neighbors slowly but surely cover up half of the timber frame beams which face the alley running beside our house. It was a pretty cute house although they have done lots of modern improvement to it over the years (and...
A little inspiration for our barn
Yesterday we went to a wedding and the reception was held at an old farm. They've turned the fields around the farm into a golf course and the farm itself is just huge. The call it the chicken farm although the only real traces left of the birds are on their menu...
Meeting more of the old timers
On Sunday mornings we like to take the dog on longer walks than usual. We take the day to let her romp around in the fields and to discover more of our new home. Today we took a dirt path which runs parallel to town and ends by an enormous farm. As we were following...
Eggplants, chilies and tomatoes – oh my!
Once again it's been a while since our last garden update so here goes...I mentioned once or twice that we are giving our lettuce a try in window boxes along our courtyard and at the front of the house. These are the plants by the courtyard which are really thriving....
Housewarming plants
Last weekend we had a rather large housewarming party at our house with about 50 guests and 15 kids...it was definitely a pretty big deal and we were completely blessed to have gorgeous weather which allowed us to have the party outside. One of the things I find great...
Outdoor fires are so hot right now
I saw this extremely cool tutorial on how to build your own outdoor fire pit and I'm wondering where we could set one of these up without needing to move it...which of course would be impossible the way this thing is constructed. But I suppose it could work if it was...
Before and after: Guest bathroom
I'm going to try to go in some sort of order here but we'll see how that goes. Actually, one of the first things we did was start throwing things away - but it's hard to see the progress there...although we did trash about 3500 cubic feet (100 cubic meters) of random...
One year later…
Well, it's hard to believe it but we have had our farmhouse now for nearly a year. We wrote on August 17th, 2006, that we were going to closing...and although everything wasn't final until a few months later, we started cleaning out the house that same weekend. There...
Our lantern festival – Sunday night
Because of our housewarming party, we didn't get to attend the festival on Saturday night. Some of our guests did go down to see the parade pass through though, which actually lasted about 2 hours and featured 25 organizations and 7 marching bands. The all came back...
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