tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post2373818265635351157..comments2024-03-17T23:13:54.701-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: The Making of a HomeNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42372021973567769112010-06-02T10:30:12.103-04:002010-06-02T10:30:12.103-04:00One Woman's Journey, I have thought of you oft...One Woman's Journey, I have thought of you often during this building process!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-4196862802965597782010-06-01T16:28:43.701-04:002010-06-01T16:28:43.701-04:00Nan, this house plan is so similar to my new small...Nan, this house plan is so similar to my new small home. One main differance is upstairs - I have the loft area and one large bedroom and a bath for children and granchildren or anyone that visits. Also I have a small front porch, large screen porch on side and deck in back.One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54459780574495300412010-05-28T13:28:03.263-04:002010-05-28T13:28:03.263-04:00Patricia, I'm so glad you can get there as oft...Patricia, I'm so glad you can get there as often as you do. <br /><br />BooksSnob, I loved your descriptions of future summers. I am thankful every day about this. What is it about the word, chimneypots which is so appealing?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-82966429612619925132010-05-28T04:57:23.992-04:002010-05-28T04:57:23.992-04:00What a beautiful post and what a gorgeous house yo...What a beautiful post and what a gorgeous house your daughter and her boyfriend are going to have! I love that she will be your neighbour - plenty of lovely summers ahead for you to be wandering in and out of each others' homes and having picnics and barbeques etc...you are a lucky indeed. What a gorgeous part of the world you live in, too. Such scenery is to be envied by those of us who see chimney pots and traffic from their windows!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71878020060850843632010-05-27T20:34:42.099-04:002010-05-27T20:34:42.099-04:00Yes Nan, if I can get a reasonably priced airfare ...Yes Nan, if I can get a reasonably priced airfare I go off to see them every six to eight weeks.I can't manage much longer than this without seeing them.Your friend is very fortunate she can go so often.<br /><br />PatriciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-69964606098924678782010-05-27T09:28:45.708-04:002010-05-27T09:28:45.708-04:00Staci, the model we saw was just perfect!
Patrici...Staci, the model we saw was just perfect!<br /><br />Patricia, I understand exactly how you feel. And it must be even worse when there is a grandchild so far away. Are the rates low enough that you can fly there fairly often? I have a friend who takes an hour plus flight once a month to visit her two daughters, their husbands, and grandchildren, who happen to live in the same state.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-695010459384633482010-05-26T23:59:35.205-04:002010-05-26T23:59:35.205-04:00Sounds like you are having some lovely warm weathe...Sounds like you are having some lovely warm weather Nan.<br />Your daughter's house looks amazing,a log house in a meadow surrounded by woods.How romantic that seems.<br />Lucky you having them so near. Our daughter,husband and Tom,our three year old grandson,lived very close to us for years but last year moved to Melbourne(two hours flight away) for work.I can't tell you how hard that has been.<br /><br />PatriciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-9389580844509045622010-05-26T21:26:08.403-04:002010-05-26T21:26:08.403-04:00wow...I'm in love with their new home!! I love...wow...I'm in love with their new home!! I love summer smells too!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-46041594455886928252010-05-26T17:43:36.475-04:002010-05-26T17:43:36.475-04:00June, so very good to hear from you. I love your w...June, so very good to hear from you. I love your words.<br /> And you're welcome!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-47158607733422709432010-05-26T17:13:14.592-04:002010-05-26T17:13:14.592-04:00Open your windows wide, Nan! The winds of beautifu...Open your windows wide, Nan! The winds of beautiful change are blowing across your land. I can think of nothing more wonderful than having a daughter become a neighbor and go on loving the land that has nurtured and sustained her. I am so very happy for you!<br /><br />And I thank you (deeply) for the caution you sent me by e-mail. Fortunately we live a distance from there, but how far is far enough? Thank you for thinking of us!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630593290368661236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-22575364398543995742010-05-26T13:30:39.240-04:002010-05-26T13:30:39.240-04:00Margaret, it sure is! Today the cement truck was h...Margaret, it sure is! Today the cement truck was here. And yes, it's hot! High eighties on the thermometers, but I'll bet it is 100 in the sun!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2560257062301776862010-05-26T11:21:08.609-04:002010-05-26T11:21:08.609-04:00What a delightful setting for the young couple. An...What a delightful setting for the young couple. And what fun watching the house grow from dream into a real home. <br /><br />Our NH spring seems rapidly to have morphed into summer, hasn't it? All the air entering through my open windows and doors is <b>hot!</b>Margaret Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202290659191790984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35615667397743129182010-05-26T09:34:06.201-04:002010-05-26T09:34:06.201-04:00Thomas, it's been a really long time but I'...Thomas, it's been a really long time but I'm quite sure it is a Benjamin Moore paint, from the Colonial collection. Not sure if they still sell it.<br /><br />J.G., you are SO right! I haven't heard mockingbirds in a long while. I'm not even sure they are out here. <br /><br />Joanne, you know what? I really like farm smells. You're not surprised, are you?! Dog 'smells' are so very much worse!<br />This isn't a stellar year for lilacs because of the day of heavy snow and the night of 18º F. They are sparse on all our bushes.<br />Thanks for the manse info! We say, 'Parish House.' Now that you mention it, I think I have read the word in British books. <br />We are so much enjoying the whole process. <br /><br />Susan, my kids use the word, 'compound' too! We have a lot of land, but not much of it is 'buildable.' They've got a lovely spot. <br />Here is my LOST confession. Once I saw Sawyer and Juliet at the food machines (is that what they were?), I told Tom, that's it. That's MY ending to LOST. I just wanted them to be together and happy. He has tried several times to talk about the 'real' ending, and I say, no thanks.:<)<br /><br />Thank you, Call Me Madam!!<br /><br />Sarah, though I've never heard it, I have the feeling that 'our' veery and thrush are like the English nightingale. Do you agree? It is the purest song I've ever heard. That's so great you built your own house. We always wanted to do that until we found this place.<br /><br />Nicola, prices were much, much lower when we bought this place in 1981. Here a 'cloakroom' is usually used in a school setting, or at least it was when I was a girl. It meant the place we hung our coats. And for some reason, in those days, the bathrooms were called 'basements' - isn't that weird?Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-80919402971946779282010-05-26T08:36:44.546-04:002010-05-26T08:36:44.546-04:00What a lovely thing to be able to do for your daug...What a lovely thing to be able to do for your daughter, Nan. Our son lives further north but our two daughters live nearby but land here is at a premium so we couldn't afford to do the same.<br />By the way, I'm always tickled when I read the words: 'half-bath'. It conjures up a very small tub for a very small person! We'd call it a cloakroom, or more likely a downstairs loo!Nicola Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076176253820195827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-4940824507319347042010-05-26T06:05:15.644-04:002010-05-26T06:05:15.644-04:00I am loving the sound of the Veery each morning an...I am loving the sound of the Veery each morning and evening. How special to have family so close. We built our house just a few years ago. It is such an exciting time!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718731023662212448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-21056399609199240852010-05-26T03:02:03.321-04:002010-05-26T03:02:03.321-04:00I hope they'll be very happy in their lovely n...I hope they'll be very happy in their lovely new home. They're so lucky and so are you, to have them near.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-79365581901573552182010-05-25T23:21:56.888-04:002010-05-25T23:21:56.888-04:00How wonderful - a compound! I fantasize about lot...How wonderful - a compound! I fantasize about lots of land and my children in houses at the corners...(not happening in this suburban highly taxed neck of the woods, for sure)...but how very cool for you. <br />And yes, the husband here talking LOST until I pleaded I had to get up in the morning, could we please get some sleep!Susan Moorheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744130110550636177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-27621658878607951272010-05-25T22:21:45.314-04:002010-05-25T22:21:45.314-04:00Nan,
What a great and interesting post again with ...Nan,<br />What a great and interesting post again with so much to celebrate! Love the log house and think that M&M will have so much to be thankful for!<br />Love having my windows open even when the farm smells come in!<br />Loved peeking at your home!<br />Love the lilac header...so pretty! The lilacs are almost finished here now...it went so fast!<br />I had to laugh at your comment to Kathie about a manse...maybe that's a British/Canadian term? It means a house affiliated with the church.<br />Enjoy the process along with family!<br />JoanneJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06363088920250327589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-88537183585499907982010-05-25T21:05:54.821-04:002010-05-25T21:05:54.821-04:00Oh, how exciting! And good thing she noticed it wa...Oh, how <i>exciting</i>! And good thing she noticed it was facing the wrong way before they started building the house. :-) <br /><br />The mockingbirds are singing their heads off here and I can hear them even with the windows closed (a.c. on already, unfortunately).J.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02806805528636359436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-32525895127708212962010-05-25T21:05:54.822-04:002010-05-25T21:05:54.822-04:00Nan, Do you know the name of the paint you have on...Nan, Do you know the name of the paint you have on your door and screen door? It is a really nice blue.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-100193592621388302010-05-25T18:46:52.635-04:002010-05-25T18:46:52.635-04:00Katherine, Tom said the pole digger is just a bigg...Katherine, Tom said the pole digger is just a bigger version of post-hole diggers for fences! I do envy you the no bugs. :<)<br /><br />Niki, that's so wonderful that your girls are close! And yes, it is HOT. Right now, quarter of seven eastern time, we're in the high eighties, low nineties depending which thermometer we look at.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48346476726425089812010-05-25T17:12:45.057-04:002010-05-25T17:12:45.057-04:00Wonderful to have your kids so nearby, we're b...Wonderful to have your kids so nearby, we're blessed to have 2 daughters within 15 minutes, which is great.<br /><br />We built our home 12 years ago, your photos brought back some great and exciting memories :)<br /><br />Have a wonderful day,<br />Niki<br />PS are u having a heat wave??? We are 34 celcius today...a record breaker.Nikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943301163903634325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-74679698134089915272010-05-25T17:01:53.488-04:002010-05-25T17:01:53.488-04:00Wow. How wonderful for you and your family, and w...Wow. How wonderful for you and your family, and what amazing pictures - I'm fascinated by the drill for the telephone pole. Your pictures of spring and the screen doors remind me of when we lived in upstate New York. It was lovely - but nowhere beats home, wherever that is for you, and for me it's now great to be home in England. (And far fewer bugs!)<br />Enjoy your summer!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35487204759778162182010-05-25T15:46:50.101-04:002010-05-25T15:46:50.101-04:00Island Sparrow, it sure is, and I am thankful ever...Island Sparrow, it sure is, and I am thankful every minute. What on earth is a manse?? These very folks could come up there and build you a nice little log house! Thanks about the banner. The sky was so blue today, and I was pleased the photo came out well. Not always the case!<br /><br />Donna, thank you. I loved reading about your first home.<br />I've only had a first home. :<)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29177289839638033612010-05-25T15:27:47.955-04:002010-05-25T15:27:47.955-04:00What an exciting time this is for your young peopl...What an exciting time this is for your young people. I have very fond memories of watching my first home being built. I think we visited the site every day to see what was happening, and could hardly wait until we could turn the key in the front door for the very first time. Since then there have been many houses, but that one shall always hold a special place in my heart.Donna, Ontarionoreply@blogger.com