Life signs from the farm

We're here!  The moving truck came yesterday, unloaded and pulled out.  We're flooded in boxes and chaos but the good thing is, we know it is temporary.  Every day will bring encouraging progress.  And when we're tired of looking at all the work, we can step outside and enjoy our beautiful surroundings.  No big thoughts here - just some glimpses of life on the banks of Nettle Creek as we come to the end of Week 1.

Pete working on filling the bookshelves.  We'll worry about sorting them into some kind of order later - a good job for wintry days.

I need a clothesline up.  Which means Pete needs a ladder.

Closeup of the crabapple blossoms.

The girls.  Outside the pen.  Of course.  Why do we bother?

It's a ladybug parade!

Here's the big barn when you step outside the garage and look north.  Lots of raw dirt still from the construction.  We bought 50# of grass seed.  Add that to the project list.

Kenji being Farmer Boy and collecting the eggs.

The house and garage from the north (by the barn).  I don't think 50# of grass seed will be enough....

Interesting shelf fungus growing on a log in the woodpile.  

There are violets blooming in every crack and cranny...

...and in front of the chicken house.  

And here's the creek, waiting for some little boys to come and play in it!