EricM
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Hoo-boy. As most of you know, we have sold our house and moved into temporary quarters until our new house is built.
Bit of a shock.
We moved into a 1-bedroom "apartment" on a friend's farm. It was an old open machinery shed that he enclosed and furnished. Amazing place - let me describe it here.
The kitchen floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
The main living area wall is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
The living room floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
The door to the bedroom is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
The bedroom floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
One wall in the bathroom is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
The laundry room floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
The "apartment" came completely furnished. There are two deer heads (a buck and a doe), a bear head in the bathroom where it will (appropriately) scare the crap out of you in the middle of the night, a bobcat, a raccoon, two wood ducks, and a fish. There are snowshoes, a dip net, a wicker creel, old lanterns, and an old crank telephone along with various other antiques one might associate with an old farm - and machinery shed.
The view out the front window is of an old silo. Magnificent. A bit like that tower of Pisa in Italy.
The dog pen for 2 of the 5 dogs is right next door to us. They are good (and big) dogs, and can harmonize beautifully with the coyotes that howl down by the pond at night.
The chicken pen (and coop) is next to that. The rooster anticipates the breaking of dawn by crowing repeatedly at least an hour before the sun even thinks about getting around to our side of the world. I'm pretty sure he is a REALLY big rooster from the volume he able to create. If this behavior continues, I anticipate that he will be chewy, yet quite tasty.
There are a number of tame ducks. I know that they are tame because I really doubt that wild ones would crap all over my front porch. We have to install a "child gate" if we want to leave the front door open. Yes, they will waddle in. They also find our potted plants and flowers tasty. I anticipate that they too will be quite tasty if this behavior continues.
The Canada geese are beautiful. They do, however, crap all over the place and it sticks tightly to the bottom of your sneakers - until you get into the house. Then it releases in small clumps all over the brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick. And goose crap.
Pigeons live on farms. This one is no different. We all know what pigeons are known for. These pigeons roost just above where we park the car. Turns out that these pigeons are quite talented and can actually create modern art. Actually, they create poop. The art is kind of an accident.
We won't even talk about the flies.
Also, one cannot forget the rodents that love to play on the farm. I opened the hood of the car to check the oil and, I swear, on top of the engine there was a mouse standing on his hind legs staring at me. He left a poop. So did I.
The door to the bathroom is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
I probably don't need to tell you what the bathroom floor is.
Bit of a shock.
We moved into a 1-bedroom "apartment" on a friend's farm. It was an old open machinery shed that he enclosed and furnished. Amazing place - let me describe it here.
The kitchen floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
The main living area wall is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
The living room floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
The door to the bedroom is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
The bedroom floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
One wall in the bathroom is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
The laundry room floor is brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick.
The "apartment" came completely furnished. There are two deer heads (a buck and a doe), a bear head in the bathroom where it will (appropriately) scare the crap out of you in the middle of the night, a bobcat, a raccoon, two wood ducks, and a fish. There are snowshoes, a dip net, a wicker creel, old lanterns, and an old crank telephone along with various other antiques one might associate with an old farm - and machinery shed.
The view out the front window is of an old silo. Magnificent. A bit like that tower of Pisa in Italy.
The dog pen for 2 of the 5 dogs is right next door to us. They are good (and big) dogs, and can harmonize beautifully with the coyotes that howl down by the pond at night.
The chicken pen (and coop) is next to that. The rooster anticipates the breaking of dawn by crowing repeatedly at least an hour before the sun even thinks about getting around to our side of the world. I'm pretty sure he is a REALLY big rooster from the volume he able to create. If this behavior continues, I anticipate that he will be chewy, yet quite tasty.
There are a number of tame ducks. I know that they are tame because I really doubt that wild ones would crap all over my front porch. We have to install a "child gate" if we want to leave the front door open. Yes, they will waddle in. They also find our potted plants and flowers tasty. I anticipate that they too will be quite tasty if this behavior continues.
The Canada geese are beautiful. They do, however, crap all over the place and it sticks tightly to the bottom of your sneakers - until you get into the house. Then it releases in small clumps all over the brick. Red and brown brick. Tightly stacked brick. No masonry joints, just brick. And goose crap.
Pigeons live on farms. This one is no different. We all know what pigeons are known for. These pigeons roost just above where we park the car. Turns out that these pigeons are quite talented and can actually create modern art. Actually, they create poop. The art is kind of an accident.
We won't even talk about the flies.
Also, one cannot forget the rodents that love to play on the farm. I opened the hood of the car to check the oil and, I swear, on top of the engine there was a mouse standing on his hind legs staring at me. He left a poop. So did I.
The door to the bathroom is rough-sawn oak planks. Raw oak planks. No stain or finish. Just not-so-tightly spaced rough-sawn raw oak planks. Stood on end.
I probably don't need to tell you what the bathroom floor is.
