Concrete party

Another pickup load of concrete for the pilings.

Lisa helping me mix under the shade canopy.

Now it's my turn to do the mixing. Jim and Heather were there helping, too.

Dumping another 2 bag batch into the hole.

All 5 pilings along the front are now done. Only 5 more to do for the back.

Water and another piling

We now have water! This is the new water meter where the blue flag was planted.

I cleaned up some of the extra dirt that was piled up next to the road. I'll need some of what is left to bury the meter after I get the water line run to the house.

Lisa brought her canopy so we could work in the shade. It made a huge difference in the worker comfort level while digging and mixing the concrete. Today was it's first day on the job, too.

The first three pilings are finished. Two more are going in between these three before I start the back ones. There will be 10 of them when I am finished.

Groundbreaking update

This is a picture of #24, our new ewe. Lisa and I picked her up yesterday. She joined the flock faster than Samantha and Moe did, but she's also the same breed as all of Lisa's.

The ceremonial first shovel of the groundbreaking. The shovel wasn't gold, and no press was invited.

The start of the the first ground pier. It's a 3X3 hole that is a foot deep. It gets down to the hardpan clay and will be very solid.

I'm putting all the dirt out of the holes over the culvert pipe in front of the barn. After another hole or two is dug, we'll be able to drive straight down to the barn from the road.

The first hole almost finished. I just dropped the first piece of rebar into the concrete. I'm using two in each hole.

The white stake and the closest green one are where the end of the trailer is going to be. The next pair of the same is the other end and the last white marker is where the fence for the horse pasture will be.

The tomatoes are doing much better than I expected them to.

And the collards are even growing. They are still small, but didn't get planted until mid-summer.

New Place (soon)

This will be the start of our new place in Owingsville. It's in Nicholasville right now.We still have a lot of work to get done to get the property ready, too.

The end view. It's a 1998 Oakwood 3bedroom/2bath.

Road Trip

Marianne holding Logan. He was at Boo's for his mom's birthday. Happy Birthday, Mickie.

These are just some scenery shots from the trip back.

The first part of 441 was a very nice drive. Pretty and very little traffic.

From the Smoky Mountain Parkway. Also very pretty.

Today's storm moving in. Heather took this less than 10 minutes ago and it is already storming. I didn't get pictures going to South Carolina. We drove through a torrential downpour getting to Anderson. Boo was happy. They needed the rain and I was happy to bring it.

A Little Bit of Everything

Just some picture updates from the last couple of weeks- Mom wading in Cave Run Lake shortly after she got to Kentucky.














It was a warm day and nice out on the lake. There wasn't too much other boat traffic and the lake was nice and smooth.













This was from the July 4th cookout at Lisa and Jim's. We sure enjoyed seeing everyone.














This was from today out on the Kentucky River. Another warm day, not much wind. The water was warmer than I like, though. The sonar unit in the boat said it was 91.













Even the squirrels were looking for something cool to drink.