Arranged in categories; images are chronological within each category. the captions provide dates. i had it in “before” and “after” but it was too hard to track the multitude of projects in that format. :)
this is a testimony to the power of Community!
Garden & Barn
the garden & barn Sept 07
my favorite shot of the barn from Sept 07. taken more or less from where the rabbit hutches are now.
garden, january 08 or thereabouts
The Day The Tractor Came
Garden, Year One, with Kat’s Yurt, Year One.
getting started on the garden, Year Two. see that tiny upright stick behind me? that’s the apricot tree.
garden, midsummer, 2009
garden, summer 09
garden, summer 10
Yurts
looking from where the yurts are now to the barn
Winter 09 — Yurts make more yurts!
looking from the Old Barn area to the yurts
then the yurts change color and sprout additional insulation. :) Dec 10.
House
the south side of the livingroom (dust masks because we are removing the carpet)
south side of the livingroom, post-rennovation and pre-furniture
and the livingroom floor, our first major project
floor, finished.
Goat Pen
goat pen, Sept 07. no, really, it’s totally under there. and here you all thought i was joking when i said we bought an acre of 8′ tall weeds and reformed it.
goat pen, spring 08
goat shed, Jan 09
Backyard
the north end of the back yard/patio area — to take this photo today, you’d have to be where the west edge of my yurt now stands.
south end of the backyard/patio area, 2008
south end of the backyard/patio area, seen from the roof of Alan’s yurt, summer 10
Herb Garden
the herb garden, fall 08
herb garden, summer 09
herb garden, summer 10
Chicken Pen
chicken pen in Sept 07
chicken pen by Oct 07 (we did have chickens to move in right away)
chicken pen Fall 08
Puppy
Thistle, Aug 08
Thistle, Feb 09
Thistle, fall 10
Rabbit Hutches
rabbit house, version 1 (freecycled)
rabbit house, version 2 (rejected after major dog attack)
change of plans: now it’s a turkey coop!
rabbit house, version 3 (current), with Thistle, also in her current version
Bridge
acequia, in the process of gaining a bridge
the bridge over the acequia, spring 08
Ritual Ground
the ritual ground.
ritual ground, i think spring 08
this photo was very popular the first time, so i thought i’d repost it. getting the ritual ground in shape. see that blank area in the right in the background? that’s where the fruit trees, dye beds and grape arbors are now.
ritual ground, July 09
ritual ground and dye beds, fall 09
dye beds, summer 10
Front Fenceline
front fence.
gate, spring 10
front fenceline, last month.
from the inside, last week.
Kitty
can’t have puppy pictures without kitty pictures. Tattersall among the leaves, fall 09.
Tatters Approves of This Sunbeam.
Lucille in 2009 (requiescat in pace, Nov 2010)
Masala, 8 wks old, Nov 10
