October snow storm 2011

October Snow Storm at the Funny Farm 2011

Ceiling Fans Go Up in the Tasting Room

A little more progress on the winery tasting room as we install ceiling fans. The raw floor boards will be going to the mill next week to be planned on both sides and have a tongue and groove put in them. Should take about two weeks to get them back and start laying them down. Once the floor is in we'll stain it. Should look beautiful. The wood is from trees on our property that was sawn into rough boards.

Hurricane Irene 2011

Hurricane Irene dropped a great deal of rain on our area which led to the French Creek behind our home to overflow it's banks and flood the meadow to about two feet. I was able to take the canoe out and make my way through the woods and around the cabin on our property. Erin and Sydney had a great time wading around the meadow and splashing in the overflow. Five hours after the meadow was flooded the kids wanted to go back down for another round of wading in the water. We made our way down around the barn to the meadow and to our astonishment all the water was gone. The grass was exposed again and it looked there had never even been any water in the meadow. The kids were thoroughly disappointed!

Painting the Barn Roof for Solar Panels

We had the barn and long shed roofs painted today and they look great. The color is hard to see but it is a hunter green. Kind of on the dark side. I wanted to get the roof a sealed up and painted before we had the solar panels installed. The solar project will reduce our electric bill to zero and may even provide some extra electricity back to PECO. If there is a positive balance then PECO has to write me a check and they better not be late!!! The painting of the roof is also one of the main steps to building the winery. Now that the house has much improved in livability it is time to concentrate on the winery. A very exciting time, putting things in the barn instead of tearing them out. Here are a few photos of the men painting the roof.

We bought a small sailboat over the weekend to take to deep creek with us this summer. A very nice little boat, will hold all the girls and me and suzanne. A good skill to have in your basket of tricks.

Solar is on the way

Morrison Bon Fire 2010

Every one loves to sit around a roaring fire!! The other weekend we finally torched the bon fire waiting for over a year in our back meadow. It was great to sit around the fire with family and friends and swap some stories about kids and work and all the things we spend our time doing. The best thing of all is that we were all together having fun. The great thing about living on a farm is that you can do things like have a huge bon fire or ride four wheelers or shoot a gun. Things that society generally frowns upon. It brings me back to a time when things were much simpler and we were kids with very few rules or restrictions.
To simpler things that make us feel good!!!!!

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