Exposed!

While clearing trees, undergrowth and brambles for our COO (certificate of occupancy)down by the driveway entrance, we came upon this old, half buried, (what we are guessing to be) horse drawn plow. Yet another old piece of farm equipment to add to our inventory. It is inspiring me to find out more about the history of this little bit of farmland.

Caged Queens

A batch of new queen bees were picked up in St. Albans by Don and Tim King. They will be used to expand into new hives. In the meantime, they really aren't liking their cramped quarters.

Trimmed out

The windows are being trimmed inside. It's a simple design, intended match the lines of the rest of the house.

Pine Floor

In the folklore of Scots pine a common theme is their use as markers in the landscape. We have used the Scot pines that we had to fell from the land to put up our house as some flooring. Perhaps we have marked with this Scot pine floor, the spot from which it lived and now where we will live. This picture is of the Scot pine floor in our bathroom. Maybe by tomorrow afternoon the mudroom and powder room will also have pine floor installed.

One could do worse than be a swinger of birches

or have a beautiful birch floor underfoot. Our birch flooring is almost all installed and it is beautiful. There are all sorts of colors and patterns. The birch hardwood is from Vermont, which was purchased from Lathrops in Bristol, Vermont.

From Floor to Ceiling

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Instalation of the hardwood floors and the living room pine ceiling were all started today.

COO

COO = Certificate of Occupancy, which is required before we move in. One thing we need to do to get our COO is clear some trees along our field of vision when exiting the driveway onto Sherman Hollow Road. This is a 'before' picture.