Construction Update

The doorway is not the real doorway... it will have windows cut around it.  There will be a large roofed front porch - made from the rocks from the old store that was torn down.  They sat in a pile for years (with a promise the structure would be rebuilt on the creek side of the land).  The new owner of the land sold them to mom.  The lower wall of the house will also be that stone.

Cool Fall Morning

It is 52 degrees this morning at Flint Creek! I actually have on a hoodie! Perfect last morning here!

Taking Shape

Addition to the main house is progressing along. With framing done, plywood on exterior was completed and Steve cut out the upstairs windows this week. Before he left for Labor Day weekend, he was working on the cornish... adding the front and north eaves.

Ground Breaking

We finally broke ground on the main house addition. These piles of dirt were full of arrowheads - apparently this spot was around the fire/gathering circle!

The second photo shows where the porch was removed... surprising how small the porch looks on the house.

A New View

After years of encouraging the purchase of some kind of ATV, we finally got a golf cart! Now, this isn't just any golf cart... it has a crazy suspension kit and amazing all terrain wheels! I think technically we did a little four wheeling in the mud on the the way back from the Big Blue Hole (even though it's only two wheel drive)... there was mud all over the cart!

What do you do with fallen branches from a big storm?

Make a custom fence! I collected it all up, chopped and chopped (really tired of things with black and red handles this trip) and fastened them to the fence that was put up after the drunk diver crashed through.

Let Mother Nature do some of the work!

In my continuous effort to be able to walk the length of the property without setting foot in dirt, I cleared a small ledge connecting the lower bluff to the garage area that we had cleared last year. With the last flood, a little more of the bluff just above the beach was cleared. Over the last two years maintenance of the south area has led to a fairly clean lower bluff path all the way down to the bridge.

With another flood pending, I broke up the only soil on the remaining piece of that lower bluff. And Mother Nature helped me wash it away!