Every day a little more

First a few gardening shot & questions to my MJF ladies

Michael rides his bike down to the orchard to work. It's so fun to see him riding it - boots and cowboy hat :)

This is Dixie, today's gardening buddy

My Dad and Michael's 92 year old Grandpa working in his garden

Now, who can tell me what's up with this tomato plant???? And how do I fix it?

Who can guess what this is?

A few years ago when we lived in Paige Michael took cuttings from an old rose that seemed to have survived on it's own for a long time. This is the first year his cutting plant has bloomed and what a sight it is!

Saw bees and hummingbirds buzzing around this group of "to be planted" salvias

Iceberg climbing rose from the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, thriving alongside the log smokehouse Michael built.

Onion and tomato plants

Asparagus!

Popcorn, sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe, beans, squash, potatoes... can't remember what else

Gladiolas and other flowers in the cutting bed

Wall of native crossvine...easy to grow and LOVED by hummingbirds

Our house guardian, little Zoe, at her post on the not yet finished front porch

We have windows!

My clawfoot tub will sit under these 2

fireplace will go in the center between the 2 picture windows

Board and baton siding almost complete (note: house will not be yellow, but white)

this is just the color the siding comes in

That's it for now!

If someone knows how to turn down the wind please do so!

Holy Progress Batman!!!!!!

Since my last post we've had the house really begin to feel like a house. It's so neat to walk through and see the rooms I planned taking shape...of course since it's a personal design and not an architect's professional design I did see a couple of things I planned that in reality didn't want/or would not work so the very patient crew allowed me to shift a few things. Here's a few shots of the project and a baby red eared slider who got lost on the driveway but thanks to Karen's eagle eye was moved to a safer spot. Enjoy!

Round Top mayhem!

Spent Friday and some of Saturday at Round Top Antique Festival with Dad and Karen (missed you Barb!!!!). My goal was to find a general store bar for our kitchen and a seed counter. Also, mirrors, a stool, and any other fun stuff!

Totally scored on the seed counter! I love it! Will have a hutch built to cover the left 5'. The old seed display windows will face the dining area and I'm hunting old family photos to fill them. This huge piece came out of a general store somewhere in the Panhandle. Below is also an example of how they used to look but I'll go with photos.

After the long day of 'antiquing' we finished up with dinner and of course pie at Royers Round Top Cafe!

No going back now!

Cement trucks galore!

Whirlwind of activity

These people work fast!!! They're here at dawn everyday and they're working Saturdays. CRAZY (but awesome :)

These were taken last night from the bucket of the tractor so you could get a better view.

...and it begins

On Friday we signed the loan that gets us started on the road to our own home....and we're nervous. That's our nature. But good friend Stephen showed up to make us celebrate with a beer at the Fedor Store and dinner at the Wagon Stop. Thanks Stephen! Will keep updates on construction progress going here. Normally we pray for rain pretty much always. Now we pray it stays dry for a little bit so we can get the slab done. But what about my veggies???

Here's 2 pics from this afternoon. You can see the work Michael has done to clear the spot for the house and the stakes the builder put out. The photos are taken from opposite spots and I'll keep posting pics from these spots as we progress so you can follow along!

This last picture is of my gardening mobile and trusty gardening dog, Zoe. OK, it's Michael and Stephen's hunt camp vehicle but I get it in the spring and summer!