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Sunday, September 30, 2012
All is quiet
It is a much quieter morning this morning. The air is still and cool under an overcast sky. The tree was removed yesterday afternoon, and we are moving on to the next phase of rebuilding. We've been planning on re roofing the barns and the indoor arena. This is the perfect excuse to start. If we look upon it as an opportunity rather than a trial, then it's better.
We have found an amazing Arborist, who is a fair, decent, and honest man. He also does roofing. He'll come tomorrow and measure for an estimate.
The horses have been fed and are quietly browsing through their hay. I'm enjoying my first steaming cup of tea as I write. Chimney cleaning is the next task on the docket...then filling the wood racks...how I miss my wood stove in the light months. I will soon have a place to keep my tea kettle warm. A crackling wood fire is like a familiar entity, a comforting presence in the house.
We move forward. I am loosely planning a large pot of homemade chili, sweet cornbread, and an old fashioned barn raising. We'll see.
All is quiet on the western front.
We have found an amazing Arborist, who is a fair, decent, and honest man. He also does roofing. He'll come tomorrow and measure for an estimate.
The horses have been fed and are quietly browsing through their hay. I'm enjoying my first steaming cup of tea as I write. Chimney cleaning is the next task on the docket...then filling the wood racks...how I miss my wood stove in the light months. I will soon have a place to keep my tea kettle warm. A crackling wood fire is like a familiar entity, a comforting presence in the house.
We move forward. I am loosely planning a large pot of homemade chili, sweet cornbread, and an old fashioned barn raising. We'll see.
All is quiet on the western front.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Big Tree Fell on our Barn! Chapter 2
The Arborist made short work of removing the tree from the barn :)
The damage is even more impressive now that it's uncovered!
The damage is even more impressive now that it's uncovered!
Big Tree Fell on our Barn!
Big oak tree fell on the barn last night and destroyed one of the stalls. Horses are OK. Building sustained pretty serious damage :(
We Heard a big crash just before midnight last night that shook the whole house. We went out to investigate, and found one of the horses loose in the yard. When we further investigated to see how she got loose, we discovered that a big red oak had fallen on her stall. She had a runout, and we don't know whether she was in the stall at the time, but, wherever she was, in her fright, she charged through the fence. Neither she, nor any of the other horses were hurt, but the building did sustain some pretty serious damage:
We Heard a big crash just before midnight last night that shook the whole house. We went out to investigate, and found one of the horses loose in the yard. When we further investigated to see how she got loose, we discovered that a big red oak had fallen on her stall. She had a runout, and we don't know whether she was in the stall at the time, but, wherever she was, in her fright, she charged through the fence. Neither she, nor any of the other horses were hurt, but the building did sustain some pretty serious damage:
Friday, August 10, 2012
Good evening from the Hideaway 8/10/2012
The horses, hounds and husband have been fed and watered. All are safe inside. We got a little rain this evening, no thunder storms though. I'm just as happy. I really wouldn't want anything that would put the power out...too warm and muggy. The birds love this weather. They are singing happily in the trees around the house. The fire flies will come out after the rain ends.
The air may feel like wet laundry right now, but all is quiet on the western front...at the moment.
The air may feel like wet laundry right now, but all is quiet on the western front...at the moment.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Good evening from the Hideaway 7/28/2012
It is a peaceful evening so far in the Hideaway. We are awaiting the arrival of possibly severe thunder storms...mind you there is nothing on the radar as of yet...we shall see. Anyway, all the stalls are done, and all the outdoor work is finished for the day.
Tony and I have just finished a wonderful supper, and are relaxing with glasses of red wine and New Hampshire Chronicle. The horses, hounds and husband have been fed and watered, and are settled for the evening. We wait...
One of the wonderful points of my newest Black and Tan Coon hound Nutmeg, is that she is teaching my older Coon Hound Ginger (who is terrified, I mean piddle on the floor Terrified) of thunder storms to be angry and bay and growl and bark at them when they visit the Hideaway. Recently, Ginger has remained contained and continent during storms, but then we don't get the storms like I remember from my child hood. We used to get some real "hum dingers" as my dad used to call them. We used to get "real old fashioned" snow storms as well. How many of you folks remember meteorologist Don Kent from WBZ channel 4? Tony remembers during the Winter of 1969 when Don Kent forecast partly cloudy weather...24 hours later, we were shoveling 36 inches of partly cloudy. We've come a long way in weather forecasting since then...or have we? We had two three foot storms within a week that Winter, though they are never mentioned. My suggestion for the evening is; make sure your dogs have been toileted, your laundry brought in, your car windows closed, your horses tucked safely into the barn, and to keep a weather eye to the sky in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New jersey...just in case.
For now, all is quiet on the Western Front.
Tony and I have just finished a wonderful supper, and are relaxing with glasses of red wine and New Hampshire Chronicle. The horses, hounds and husband have been fed and watered, and are settled for the evening. We wait...
One of the wonderful points of my newest Black and Tan Coon hound Nutmeg, is that she is teaching my older Coon Hound Ginger (who is terrified, I mean piddle on the floor Terrified) of thunder storms to be angry and bay and growl and bark at them when they visit the Hideaway. Recently, Ginger has remained contained and continent during storms, but then we don't get the storms like I remember from my child hood. We used to get some real "hum dingers" as my dad used to call them. We used to get "real old fashioned" snow storms as well. How many of you folks remember meteorologist Don Kent from WBZ channel 4? Tony remembers during the Winter of 1969 when Don Kent forecast partly cloudy weather...24 hours later, we were shoveling 36 inches of partly cloudy. We've come a long way in weather forecasting since then...or have we? We had two three foot storms within a week that Winter, though they are never mentioned. My suggestion for the evening is; make sure your dogs have been toileted, your laundry brought in, your car windows closed, your horses tucked safely into the barn, and to keep a weather eye to the sky in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, and New jersey...just in case.
For now, all is quiet on the Western Front.
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