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Building with ICF – Phase 2

Building with ICF – Phase 2

We have start building with ICF – phase 2! So exciting! For a chronological listing of our building projects with ICF (or insulated concrete forms),…

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Dogs and Porcupine Quills

Who knew – dogs and porcupine (quills) don’t mix! Well, ours don’t anyway! The Coyotes were being Braver After losing Bob, a much loved dog…

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Drilling a New Well

We are drilling a new well! The time has come to drill a new well. In the almost 6 years that we have lived here…

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Vineyard at Sunrise

For the past month we have been tucking the grapevines up into the guide wires and this week we finished! Tucking is done for canopy…

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Photography Class

After finishing the greenhouse EIFS  we began the EIFS on the barn. But, I have decided to make you wait to see pics until it…

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Unicycle Time Out!

I am afraid that I might have given the impression that all we do is work – in the  vineyard , gardening or building our house.  I assure…

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Lunar Eclipse

I hope you were able to see the lunar eclipse Sunday – it was amazing! For us here in west Texas, beginning about 15 minutes…