Bouncing Off the Windows
I'm bouncing off the windows. I'm bouncing off the walls. I'm feeling like my feet are made of bouncing rubber balls. I'm running like I'm crazy. I'm running like I'm mad. I might seem like a lunatic but, boy, I'm feeling glad. I'm jumping like a kangaroo or like a jumping bean. I act this way at least a week, right after installing our first south facing window. --Kenn Nesbitt (with help from Prairie Mama) Yes, we have our first south facing window installed!! Doesn't it look nice? It's a real BIG one and heavy-- I got to help lift it into place, along with my trusty Contractor. It is a casement window with the left and right sections that open and the center section is fixed. If you look up at the top of the picture you'll also notice we have our last chimney in too. That's the chimney for our living room wood stove. We now have all three of our chimney's installed.  In the foreground, check out BIG pile of sand. I, all by myself, shoveled it into the garden cart, moved it and dumped it into that pile. (Mental note--moving sand is a great workout!) The reason I had to move it was because the sand was right where my garden was going to be located. I ordered my seeds a couple weeks ago and I received them the other day. I'm getting excited about planting them, but it's probably still a little early for zone 4. Here's a couple of shots of the seeds I ordered from Fedco Seeds and Bountiful Gardens.  Nice shot with our mansion in the background. We call it the mansion (1400 sq. ft.) because it is so much larger than our cabin (192 sq. ft.). They are on one of the big rocks on our property. I believe it is sandstone.  Here's a close up. I think I ordered enough!? Don't you??  Since we're on the subject of windows, I thought I'd show you this one from our Cabin. This is the service banner I made in honor of our son who is enlisted in the U.S. Marines. It is a mini quilt with a star appliqued on. If you don't know what a service banner is, it was invented in 1917 by World War I Army Captain Robert L. Queissner who had two sons serving on the front lines. It quickly became the unofficial symbol of a child in the service. If you would like to learn more, click here. Our son has recently been deployed, so please keep him in your prayers. And in honor of our son, I will put one of his famous quotes from his childhood, for all the Internet to see. He used it during a moment of madness. I'm not sure what he meant, but it makes me laugh-- then and now! :o)  |
