Rock covering goes on the foundation

A few more interior views

The kitchen.

Master bedroom closet

Inside the new house

Master bedroom awaits the final floor trim.

New animals arrive on the farm

Two dun colored heifers - Surabhi on the left and Heidi in the middle, with young steer Cork on the right. He is destined for the freezer.

The new cows are welcomed (thru the fence) by our bull and heifer.

Our new barn cats - "Lucky" is a month old female and "Jimmy" is a six month old male.

A clean body starts in the shower

Half of the master bathroom. K2 did all the tile work. Neither of us wanted to tackle the glass enclosure, so we hired a professional.

Ouch! Didn't know water could hurt this much.

Had to drill a new water well, which went down 420 feet - it also took our bank account way down.

Happy critters

Red Ferrari likes his hand fed treats.

Randy Red Rooster and his harem around the water trough.

The bounty of our farm

A half gallon of fresh Alpine goat's milk and nearly a dozen fresh eggs every day. The pork is part of the 250 pounds we put in the freezer last week.

...and if you want fresh meat, we can send K6 out with a pellet gun to bag a tiny dove. In the Spring, we will be adding lamb, chicken, and beef to the freezer.

Fresh hay for the critters

16 chickens and 1 rooster arrive Saturday.

Barred rocks, rhode island reds, and black autrolops.

Seven eggs on Sunday!

Cool tools

Okay, so wireless isn't working too well in rural America.

Verizon worked great...until I tried using it from the farm down in our little glen on the backside of a ridge. Then I switched to U.S. Cellular, then...

I am stuck with HughesNet satelite until the government mandates free high speed internet for mountain folk in the Ozarks.

K8 lost his balance while sitting on the edge of a trough.

The blog is back in action!

After a few weeks of non-publishing due to terribly slow upload speeds on HughesNet Satelite (over 15 minutes per photo), I am now happily blogging from the soccer field while watching K7 and K8 practice. Only one minute to upload this picture!

Who is providing this great service? Verizon Wireless, and for the same monthly price as Hughes Net.

S came home to the farm long enough to give hair cuts last week.