Patio Furniture

We have been putting the furniture on the patio....it is so nice to sit out there and feel the cool breeze....look at the trees, and the floating little fuzzy seeds that fly down from the blossoms on the huge tree in the yard......



The little fuzzies....

Benny has his hammock on the patio...he loves to lay there and read...and I have my rocking chair...


My neighbor Earl made me 6 lovely bird houses for the new place...and he made us a gift of our name and address on a large limb that fell down in my neighbor, David, his kin who passed away..said we could always remember David that way...Earl cut the tree lengthwise and put our name on one slab and the address on another...such a cherished gift....just love it....The Lord has blessed me with wonderful friends, so much to be thankful for every day.

Also working on flowers and strawberries for around the new house....
We hope to be in it by next month.....just have to have the phones transferred. We put up chainlink fence for the dogs to contain them, they climbed over the top, so we had to put up an electric fence to keep them in, they have not been introduced to it yet.....will be a HUGE surprise.

The Patio is Poured !

They were true to their word, bright and early, the sun peeking down on them, the work began...the cement truck was ready to go and pouring began...






Even the truck driver was smiling and happy this morning...this was truck number one, they had two trucks ready to bring the cement, 20 minutes apart..those boys were really working up a sweat...


Rusty amused me with all the hand signals he kept giving the driver...I was a fast learner...LOL...

Rusty is a great friend, and true to his word....


The second truck came mighty close to the edge of the roof..I really held my breath, but he was a great driver...


The guys kept smoothing it, and working so hard...


My poor blackberry patch...I had worried so much about them all being broken off and ruined...

CHECK THIS OUT....THEY STRADDLED MY BLACKBERRY PATCH !!! They were totally unaware of it, but the Good Lord answered my prayers...


I have had to go down and look several times today....and laugh....at myself for being a worry wart...He had it all under control....

They kept smoothing and smoothing and smearing and smearing...


Thanks to these two, the porch looks so beautiful, and so smooth...what hard workers they are...



I can't wait for it to dry and cure...I can see hummingbird feeders, and birdhouses galore....I can't wait to sit on my patio and drink sweet tea with my mint in it...
So much to be thankful for today......

The Second Journey Begins......

Today the work began on the second house. This will be come a rental. Since we lost 116 homes in town when we had the firestorm, it is needed, and some family will really enjoy this one, I believe. My favorite part of the house is the huge deck in the back. I am anxious to see it take shape.


The fence in front of the house was taken down....we will change the entry way for cars to come in later.


The ditch has been dug for the plumbing to begin.....

The water line is being dug across four lots....we did not think it would be this far...we set the house where we were told the lines would run...then they could not find them....



Hombre was being very good today...we put a roll of hay in so he would keep himself busy and decide not to try to help push the tractor...LOL....he tries to push ours...


Getting closer to the house...then the pipe was laid down and covered over.....


The Lord blessed us...there were only three big rocks in the way of progress....and they were easily moved out of the way....

The wild flowers bloomed happily around the house....





I love Texas Pinks.......

I love to see these houses transform....need to do lots of work yet on this one...the stove pipe will be pulled out of the roof...we have decided to have a gas line put in and use it for heat for winter time. Siding will need to be ordered later on to go around the sides...a dark metal...probably brown .....I have already bought a lovely glass top cook stove to go in the kitchen. The bedrooms will be a challenge...the full size beds are built in...I will leave one, they are double stacked, and remove one (top bunk) in the second bedroom...will probably end up renting it furnished...depends .....so much to do, so little time....exciting !

Patio Getting Done

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Finally, the patio is being worked on, the crew has really been working hard this morning. I am so excited to see it coming to pass....
My new renter is working for the contractor, so it works out perfectly. Two houses down for him to work this week....and Kimmy gets calls to fix him ice tea...LOL



Making for form....





Smoothing it out....


Can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring....
Cutting rebar....