The Goose Creek Project: 2011

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Fall Action

Fired up the heat today to keep pipes from freezing

Laying floor joists for new bathroom / support wall.

Porch jack in action

More joists and floor jack

And again

Walls framed and sheeted

Temporary insulation of water line during a couple 20 degree nights

Water line semi-permanent insulation setup, going to fill with Great Stuff

Had a freind bring a bucket truck and trim some dead limbs out

The trimmed branches added to an already sizable burn pile

Another burn pile

Brad, chillin' poolside

The ladies looking good, still not sure of pregnancy in either one

Beginings of kennel, to be continued...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Animals

These are photos of some animals at Goose Creek. In addition, we see plenty of deer, the kids catch minnows from the creek and we continually find giant variaties of wolf and garden spiders.

This is a 69" King Black Snake we found while working in the front room. Kennedy said, "We could probably jump rope with it."

This is Brad the sheep. He's a purebred Katadhin hair sheep. Brad's about 7 months old and follows you around like a puppy. We let him out in the yard on occasion to eat apples.

This is Thelma on the left and Louise on the right. They are American Blackbelly hair sheep and little on the wild side. They escaped when I initially turned them out but we found them across the street on the neighbors land. It took us about a month to catch them and now they are locked in the barn until I get the electric fence hooked up. They are both supposed to be pregnant but who knows. According the man from whom I bough them, they should be due around the beginning of November. Blackbellies are notorious for not showing their pregnancy until the final month.

Demolition

Here are some shots of the demolition we've done so far. The pictures of the front room are in preparation to level up that side of the house. We are currently in the process of leveling the opposite side of the house.

Front room with rotten/termite damaged joists & floors removed

Exterior of front room. We had to reinforce the existing wall studs due to water damage. The dirt came from inside, I had to dig about a foot out to manuver joists and cribbing.