July Morning Meandering

July Morning Sunlight

Restoration Process

After much turmoil and creative thinking we made a decision. Hire a craftsman to restore the existing walls and add a fireplace to create a cozy outdoor living space.

Originally we had hoped to do a bathroom and kitchen. Then eventually add an adjacent swimming pool. Unfortunately, (or fortunately maybe) this part of the property is within a 100 year flood plane...by fifty feet or so. Thus, in order to do anything more than outdoor living space we would have to alter the original structure dramatically. This would defeat our preservation attempt.

It's the simple things...

Spring flowers bursting with color.
Azaleas and tulips make this showy display.

Harvye Girls

Rising up from the rubble, a fireplace!
Top photo is the front of the fireplace, bottom the rear.

Good Bones

The remains of a stone barn foundation. Two hundred years plus several decades of decay, a palate to ponder. Perhaps an outdoor kitchen and patio...perhaps an enclosed guest house...perhaps a rock pile if we don't act quickly.