Last May we bought a new house on 15 acres in a small town about 23 miles from the town where we used to live and where we both work.  It is 5 miles north of a military base, and the houses were given away by the military to whomever would pay to have them moved.  Our house was a duplex, now converted into a single family home.   The outside will be redone at a later time, the inside is a work in progress.  The upper left and right corner windows are two of the kids bedrooms.  Another 2 bedrooms are directly behind these, with the master being the middle back of the house.  It’s an odd setup at first, with a big staircase in the front middle of the house.  The main floor is a kitchen, office, dining room, living room and laundry/mudroom off the garage.  It has an unfinished basement that I hope to start working on this winter.

The house already had a chicken coop.  I was more excited about that than anything else!

Nova collecting eggs.  The kids loved it at first, they would collect eggs 5 times a day.  Now it’s just another chore they have to do.

Ella standing in the hayfield behind the house.  It’s in CRP until next month, then I have grand visions of dairy cows and sheep.

Nova on the kitchen table.

Across the road from our house.  Deer bed down here at night and the dogs run over every morning to chase them and eat the droppings.  Eeeeeewwwww.

The coop doors were unpainted when we moved in.  I used up some aqua paint I already had and I love the contrast.

 
Front driveway.  The snow got so deep this year it was nearly as high as the 6+ foot lilac bushes.  Just the tips were poking out.

Another view of the back hayfield.

 Woody our bantam rooster.  He’s so sweet and sounds like a squeaky toy.

First day of school, waiting for the bus on the front porch.