|
Old apple tree
The view of an old apple tree on the south side of our house
|
The chicken and the sheep?
before the hair cut, who is keeping who warm?
|
snowflake
snowflake(the black lamb)was born in our first snow storm.
|
Can I go out and play?
a lamb looking out into the snow covered pasture.
|
|
Our backyard view
the view of our back yard the first winter we owned our farm
|
The porcupine during January
A porcupine looking for apples during the January Thaw
|
Spring 1999
Our back yard in spring 1999
|
The Red "girls"
out for a walk with one of our 3 roosters
|
|
Apple blossoms
before the rain of spring 2006
|
The east side of the house
The east side of our house in 1999 before we added our post and beam addition.
|
The finsished foundation
the foundation was finished on time ,but barely
|
Our back yard 1998
How the back yard looked before we had animals on the farm
|
|
framing the deck
Deck being framed by my brother in law and one of his sons
|
ready the old house
Our house is very crooked and needed some reductions
|
Putting up the posts
The first posts are in place
|
the first truss
The truss fit perfectly (after we removed part of the old house)
|
|
The second truss
The second truss and purlin's are in place
|
The final joist
The third joist is in place and roof rafter in the 1st bay
|
view from an upstairs window
a view from the old house to the addition
|
The completed frame
The frame is done and the guys are getting packed up
|
|
The chimney
Our 3 flue chimney capped with granite
|
The Hemlcok lintel is in place
The master mason finishing up his work
|
Brandon working on the new addition
Brandon working on the walls and ceilings of the new addition
|
tongue
Cooper the wild puppy
|
|
cooper as a puppy
cooper loves to chew, luckily he would mostly chew his own toys!
|
Dillon at 12 years
Our first boy dog Dillon, he was a Belgian Tervuren and Capo's Uncle.
|
Our old lady Nora
She was an incredible dog!
|
Little white tent ,sitting in the woods
Grasshopper row at ALC
|
|
Alford Lake Camp waterfront
Swim docks at Alford Lake before campers arrived
|
July 4th 2006
ALC 4th of July celebration run by the counselors in training
|
Sunset on the lake
Alford Lake at Sunset at the end of the summer,all the campers were gone
|
Fall in NH
A View of fall on a dirt road right near our farm.
|
|
pears
Our bosc pear tree produces lovely fruit.
|
Sparkle the donkey-
Must have been rolling in the shavings!
|
Patches boys
2007 Patches delivers twin ram lambs! They are called "Button and Bobbin"
|
Look at me I'm cute!
I love lamb faces, especially when they give you that "I'm so cute" look
|
