April 26, 2007 Barn Going UP

That's a piliated woodpecker in the front yard.

Click for a closer view.

Here's the barn progress.

House foundation's in.

House and barn from road.

April 21, 2007 Footer is in

Barn site is starting to see some action.

Foundation took 10 yards of concrete.

Finally Terry has some help.

The contractor got the house footers poured.

That will be the front porch.

Terry has been clearing more of the woods.

This shot is of the barn site from the woods toward the drive.

Marilyn has the landscaping started.

We planted our first tree -
the Ashe Magnolia smells great.


Ashe Magnolia blossom is about 6 inches.

April 10, 2007 Ready for the foundations

From the road to the house.

Barn to road. Ready to go.

Barn site.

To compare to 3/12/07 post scroll down to last photo.

Terry sure has made progress in a month.

House site due west of drive.

The big pines are gone and we're ready to pour the foundation.

Compare to 2nd to last photo.

Stump grinding

Front corner.

Ready to plant some Southern Magnolia, Camellias and Azaleas

to brighten the woods and front yard.

April 7, 2007

Gretchen found an armadillo hole in the woods on our property.

We haven't seen the armadillo yet.