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.

Joists in place

Plenty of wallpaper scraping

More demolition

Alex's room after a complete wallpaper scraping.

Excellent helper.

Alex building things from scrap wood.

Kennedy ready for action.

Helping dad prepare the traps.  So far we've caught 5 possums, 2 raccoons and 1 groundhog.  A skunk was shot in the yard. 

Interior

Garage

Garage

Workshop

The workshop and garage have rooms above them

Carport

Front room, currently has floor removed and new joists in place

Front room

Entrance, looking into what will be living room.  Front room directly is on right.

Directly to the left of the entrance

Looking into living room from other side of staircase

Future dining room

Kitchen

Kitchen

Ceilings in kitchen and living room

Corner of living room, carpet is now gone

Upstairs bath, yes there is some water damage

Upstairs hallway, green shag carpet removed

Down to entrance

Master bedroom

Master bath

Master bath

Alex's bedroom, wallpaper scraping commenced

The Beginning

Alright John and Jessica, this is mainly for you. 

Here are some pictures of our farmhouse we bought back in July and the accompanying 20 acres.  We first looked at the property a couple of years ago but it was priced out of our range.  It was since reduced several times and we decided to take the plunge.  There are 11 wooded acres, 7 acres of pasture, a half acre lot with the barn and the remainder, which is surrounded by a white board fence, is our yard.



Carport/garage/workshop out back



Driveway with creek crossing

Front yard

Barn

Barn lot

Pasture on right side