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We finished up the front fence this past week, and I couldn't be happier. We just have to build an arbor and gate to complete it.

We have also been doing a bit of yardwork. We have added a lot to our yard this year (daisies, several types of echinacea, trumpet vines, honeysuckle, clematis, and several other colorful perennials. It will be great to watch everything grow over the years and have the opportunity to continue adding more every year.






We were cleaning our closet, and found an old photograph. I sent it to the second owner's children (the two that we met), and they said they did not recognize the people in the photograph, but were able to tell me that they were wearing was an Army Air Corps WW2 uniform, which was when their parents owned the house and that the man could have been a son of friends. Very cool!


Our next goal is to work on the woodwork. We have almost completed three windows, and want to stain them back to how they were originally.

Windows now:


Our goal :) :


I am an animal lover... and we recently found a stray kitten crying under my car. We have taken him into our home, and he is on formula. He has to be fed every couple of hours, so we have definitely gotten attached.



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