This weekend Paul's mom came to visit for the weekend and brought Paul's Aunt and Uncle, Anne and Marty from Atlanta. As they drove into the farm, a King Fisher flew across the road, greeting them as royalty.  After lots of humming and hahhing we unloaded the wood stove they brought us as a rather literal house warming gift. Paul made our first movie of the farm that his mom is taking back to Montana for his brother, sister, and nephews to see. 

We are making progress with our very shy mules with the help of our apple tree which provides endless mule treats. The dominant mule, Cumin, will now come right up when we call her just to check and see if we have fruit in hand. She let Anna touch her nose a couple of times, but still jumps back with nervous mannerisms if we move too fast. We love our mules! Hopefully we'll bring them some chicken friends soon. 

Paul has been working on the house everyday. On his drive in each morning, he sees a troop of thirteen turkeys making their way though the field taking care of any stray insects. With a pink sky and a light breeze, he has to pinch himself to be sure he's not dreaming. That, or just look up and see the so called house he's trying to restore! 

After a visit from the termite man, several days digging the crawl space deeper, and several weeks building new walls, we are making some serious progress towards our new home. The days digging under the house took on a new meaning the morning Paul found an arrowhead!! We can hardly believe it!

We'll post photos of the house soon. Until then. . . .  

Anna and Paul