Concrete Haul

Cleaning up the yard debris but trying to straighten out some trees. There is ALWAYS work to do on the trees.

The weather has been….unseasonably warm for May and early June. In fact, I can’t remember a “spring” this hot. Most days have been in the 90s.

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April 2018

A pictorial/video review of the snowiest Spring in several years.

Gus, burying his head in eighteen inches of snow in front of the house during one of our April blizzards.

Snow.

February and March. Snowy and icy and muddy. Right now we seem to be moving back and forth between all three stages of the end of winter. We have the snow that melts, that makes the streets muddy and then it all freezes into sheets of ice covering the ground.

Clearing the Ruble

Taking a moment’s breath after a long, hot day working to lift and remove the giant tree trunk.

About a year, plus a few days, ago we had a large thunderstorm that produced crazy gusts across the homestead, causing two large black walnut trees to be ripped from the ground by their roots. 

A Brief Easter Update

For some time I have been wanting to compile a post with a completed project…or, at the very least, one that felt like it had a beginning and an end.

But that hasn’t been the case because there are a number of small projects in the works that are moving along slow and steady, like the tortoise in the race.

So here is some photographic evidence of what has been happening. A complete story will come about at some point I’m sure.

The Day Our Trees Died

Eastern Black Walnut Tree laying in the gravel road

Tornado Alley extends up through Iowa. Though this time it was no tornado, just intense wind gusts during a thunderstorm that caused all the trouble.

Land of 10,000 Rocks

Now this part of the post, isn’t exactly about the house. It’s about the land. Everytime I walk our property I get the shivers.

Yard Work

Branches and bushes along leaning barn.

After cutting the branches away.

I started doing some yard work as a way to try and be useful. This included trimming up all the strange little trees and bushes that have been hiding around the leaning barn (before they start to bloom).

Into the Woods (Part II)

Alright, are you ready for the crazy cool stuff? (I get so overly excited about this kind of thing, I’m sure a nut about finding old stuff!)

Let me explain some backstory, and then we’ll get right to the photos. Our property use to be right next to a railroad track. The tracks don’t exist anymore.

Into the Woods (Part I)

The Grove….I wish I could capture it’s splendor and vastness a little better than in a photo.

I felt pretty clever considering the musical “Into the Woods” is coming out in theatres with one of my favorite actresses (Meryl Streep) soon. Because this past weekend, I was compelled to go into our woods.