Schoolhouse Rules
OR What I learned from forgetting to bring my keys to the schoolhouse 1. Don’t forget to bring your keys to the…
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Where is Mike Rowe when you need him?
The title says it all – this week was dirty and disgusting and thoroughly gross. But very much needed. I tackled THE…
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Making it ugly to make it beautiful again.
And let the demolition begin! As much as our goal is to preserve the school in as original a state as possible,…
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Big Changes!
Happy Memorial Day to you all! This was a great weekend of progress at the school. Thanks to all of you who…
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Mowing. Just mowing.
As I reviewed the weekend and what I accomplished, what I arrived at was: mowing. That’s it. I just mowed. And while…
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Nothing new for this week – we came to visit, water trees and plant some flowers in the rain. We’re looking forward…
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Spring work weekend
Not a lot to report – just another gloriously warm spring weekend at the school. It was an odds and ends kind…
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Real work begins again
Weather in the 60’s, blue skies, fair winds. Let the real work commence! First on the list, a little window work. Before……
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Tenacious Trees and Cockleburs
This weekend was all about wood. Chopping it, picking it up, stacking it. Repeat. I thought if I cut off all of…
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Spring Sprang, and School is Back in Session!
What a glorious week of sunshine and 70 degree weather in March! We absolutely couldn’t stay away. So we packed up the…
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A winter’s thaw
I’ve rebuilt the schoolhouse! OK, well, not really, actually with wood and brick, but in my mind, about a thousand times. I’ve…
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Looking back
A look back. Here are some pictures I’ve featured before. If you click on each, it gives a bit more information about…
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Up On the Rooftop…
Merry Christmas to all! It was over the river and through the woods, not to Grandmothers but to the schoolhouse we…
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Winter has arrived
Just a quick note – we had to visit during the busy holiday, missed it too much. Last week the school got…
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Send me your ideas!
So now that winter has officially set in – over a foot of snow blanketed the school on Monday – it’s time…
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Up and Down
Up. The steel posts went in, and the floor went up (a scoatch). Up. Anti-bat boards went up in the front…
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The school starts to speak.
Many a time we have said “if only these walls could talk.” On Saturday, they did. The plan of the day was…
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In Lieu of Concrete
Sometimes the days don’t go as you planned, but turn out better. Seems there is a concrete shortage in these parts. …
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Beans, beans….you know the rest
“Our” beans were harvested this week. Like proud parents, we sat on the schoolhouse steps and watched the progress as they…
