Around the Bend ... ... ...

... as you break through the tree canopy:

and may I just say, WOO HOO!!!

So, we've built a barn in the middle of nowhere,

to store Doc's collection of vehicles

and tools and stuff, and

to house my Neatly Organized Art Studio.

Which will always be Neatly Organized.

I'm convinced if I keep saying that over and over

and capitalize the letters, it will

magically come true.

We all need a dream, right??

This is the build-out inside the barn ... prior to roofing.

And this is the build-out inside the barn,

after roofing and insulation installation.

And there is a funny story behind this rubber snake.

Yes, it's a rubber snake -

permanently stapled onto the window frame

of my laundry room.

Apparently, one of my kids, who shall remain

nameless, mostly because I can't be certain

exactly which one of my kids did this,

took a rubber snake out to the barn one evening.

And positioned it onto the second story

with just its head hanging over the edge.

You can imagine what the first guy

on the scene the next morning thought.

Well, at least "I" can imagine what the first guy

on the scene the next morning thought,

because I thought it the next evening when

the-one-who-shall-remain-nameless

positioned it on the top step and then led

me over to the stairwell.

Jimminy Yee Haw!!!

Is what I yelled, clutching my chest

to hold my heart inside of it.

Or something like that.

Needless to say, after a few days

of mutual snake-positioning by both the

day time workers and he-who-shall-remain nameless,

we showed up one evening to find the

rubber snake ruthlessly and permanently stapled

to the window of my laundry room.

Moving on to more exciting pics,

THIS is soon to be my Neatly Organized Art Studio!!!

After insulation installation, and prior to sheet rock.

I. Am. So. Happy.  (sniff)

... Peace Out ...