Fall, 2011

I wrote this entry a few months ago, but just added the photos today.  The "living quarters" is very livable.  We still want to put in a kitchen backsplash and some blinds on the windows.

The bathroom is very comfortable.  We especially love the tiled shower stall (though we couldn't get a good photo of it.  You'll just have to come see it in person!) and the heated floor.

Michael has finished up the baseboard and trim.  It's our home away from home.



Our kitchenette



The dining area

...and the master suite!

The vineyard is sleeping...  The vines have dropped most of their leaves.  One can see next year's buds all over the plants.  The part that's difficult to believe is that we will be cutting off all but the lowest part of each vine come February -- leaving only two or three buds per plant!

We watered all the vines twice over the past two weekends, as the ground was so dry it was rock-hard.  There's a funny video below from our watering experience last Saturday.  Check it out!

Handling many hundreds of feet of hose (that had water in it) was a challenge for the two of us.  Thankfully, Michael did most of the really heavy hauling.  Eventually we got smarter and used the 4-wheeler and trailer to assist with the transporting of hoses from row to row.

Connie's sister Joan (right) and friend Cathy had both helped on our planting day last May.  They came for a Saturday visit this fall, and guess what?  It rained again!  (Don't know if we'll invite them next May...)



Mary Jo and Angie, two more of our May planters, returned this fall for a Friday morning meeting with Michael.

 Lily and Alicia spent a weekend with Grandma and Papa.  They decided to walk out to the gate to "visit" the cows.  The two of them began "mooing" and all these cows came to see what was going on!

Cuties!

After a hard day of playing at the farm...