Monday, July 8, 2013

Change

Change can be bad. Like that time in middle school when I cut my hair so short it didn't even touch my ears. (I will not post pictures of that decision.)

Or change can be good. Like all the things we've been working on here at the farm.

When we moved in, the back porch steps led straight to the well head. Now, the steps are wider with railing on both sides, and the well head is hidden under the whiskey barrel.


We put in a new mailbox.


My dad came to visit for Father's Day, and the barn got new paint.


We removed a dead stump by the pond.


We removed some trees from the shoreline of the pond so it didn't have a neglected, overgrown look. (This is an ongoing project.)


We installed a septic tank. (Yes, that before picture is exactly what you're thinking.)


The house came with its very own baptistry in the dining room! Or bathtub. Or koi pond. Whatever it was, it's gone now. (This is another work in progress item.)


And perhaps the biggest change of all...I got a new phone! I believe I have had my flip phone since 2006. It is a bittersweet goodbye.


Yes, change is good!