Photo Albums - Good Contrivance Farm

Our First Year

Jill is the beekeeper

<h5>Jill is the beekeeper</h5>

<p>18" of snow in February</p>

Painting the bat house

<h5>Painting the bat house</h5>

Western field

<h5>Western field</h5>

Eastern field

<h5>Eastern field</h5>

Front porch

<h5>Front porch</h5>

Log puller

<h5>Log puller</h5>

Cleaning house

<h5>Cleaning house</h5>

Smoky

<h5>Smoky</h5>

sunrise

<h5>sunrise</h5>

Farm Lane

<h5>Farm Lane</h5>

Digging out the foundation

<h5>Digging out the foundation</h5>

Heirlooms

<h5>Heirlooms</h5>

Old stuff discovered

<h5>Old stuff discovered</h5>

Homemade!

<h5>Homemade!</h5>

Okra

<h5>Okra</h5>

Marzanos on the vine

<h5>Marzanos on the vine</h5>

From our 100-year-old arbor

<h5>From our 100-year-old arbor</h5>

Our Second Year

Azaelas

<h5>Azaelas</h5><p> </p>

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painting an outbuilding

<h5>painting an outbuilding</h5><p> </p>

Scout and Hank: new arrivals

<h5>Scout and Hank: new arrivals</h5><p> </p>

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peas from the garden

<h5>peas from the garden</h5><p> </p>

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Library of the Writer's Retreat

<h5>Library of the Writer's Retreat</h5><p> </p>

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cherries

<h5>cherries</h5><p> </p>

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Drying herbs

<h5>Drying herbs</h5><p> </p>

Herbs in the garden

<h5>Herbs in the garden</h5><p> </p>

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Our biggest black snake

<h5>Our biggest black snake</h5><p> </p>

Cherries from our trees

<h5>Cherries from our trees</h5><p> </p>

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Honey bees swarm out of the hive

<h5>Honey bees swarm out of the hive</h5><p> </p>

sorting antique molding

<h5>sorting antique molding</h5><p> </p>

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The kitchen garden

<h5>The kitchen garden</h5><p> </p>

Horse manure

<h5>Horse manure</h5><p> </p>

Cherry blossoms

<h5>Cherry blossoms</h5><p> </p>

zinnia

<h5>zinnia</h5><p> </p>

Our Third Year

Ron's hats

<h5>Ron's hats </h5><p> </p>

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One season's canning

<h5>One season's canning</h5><p> </p>

Guest room refinished

<h5>Guest room refinished</h5><p> </p>

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A country breakfast

<h5>A country breakfast</h5><p> </p>

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Trees wreck our greenhouse

<h5>Trees wreck our greenhouse</h5><p> </p>

An Amish auction

<h5>An Amish auction</h5><p> </p>

Kitchen refinished

<h5>Kitchen refinished</h5><p> </p>

Drying sunflowers

<h5>Drying sunflowers</h5><p> </p>

Installing the chicken coop

<h5>Installing the chicken coop</h5><p> </p>

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Peach pie

<h5>Peach pie</h5><p> </p>

Kitchen refinished

<h5>Kitchen refinished</h5><p> </p>

Corn snake in our basement

<h5>Corn snake in our basement</h5><p> </p>

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Putting on the weather van

<h5>Putting on the weather van</h5><p> </p>

Kitchen refinished

<h5>Kitchen refinished</h5><p> </p>

Red lettuce from the garden

<h5>Red lettuce from the garden</h5><p> </p>

Morning glories

<h5>Morning glories</h5><p> </p>

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Frozen sewage

<h5>Frozen sewage</h5><p> </p>

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Cupola on the big barn

<h5>Cupola on the big barn</h5><p> </p>

Our 4th Year

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Dining Room

<h5>Dining Room</h5><p> </p>

Dining Room

<h5>Dining Room</h5><p> </p>

Dining Room

<h5>Dining Room</h5><p>Wallpaper stripped over Victorian fireplace </p>

Wood-burning Stove

<h5>Wood-burning Stove</h5><p>Heating the house mostly with wood to save money </p>

New Bathroom

<h5>New Bathroom</h5><p>first floor powder room </p>

Living Room

<h5>Living Room</h5><p> </p>

Living Room,

<h5>Living Room,</h5><p> </p>

Dining Room: stripping wallpaper

<h5>Dining Room: stripping wallpaper</h5><p> </p>

Our Old Truck

<h5>Our Old Truck</h5><p> </p>

Plaster Gloves

<h5>Plaster Gloves</h5><p> </p>

Heavy Rains

<h5>Heavy Rains</h5><p> </p>

Kitchen WIndowsill

<h5>Kitchen WIndowsill</h5><p> </p>

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wind blew off the roof of an outbuilding

<h5>wind blew off the roof of an outbuilding</h5><p> </p>

wind blew off the roof of an outbuilding

<h5>wind blew off the roof of an outbuilding</h5><p> </p>

old cabinet in the shop

<h5>old cabinet in the shop</h5><p> </p>

Sophie loves a basket

<h5>Sophie loves a basket</h5><p> </p>

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our new adoptees: basset hounds from China

<h5>our new adoptees: basset hounds from China</h5><p> </p>

Raised the roof on our tiny house: the Casita

<h5>Raised the roof on our tiny house: the Casita</h5><p> </p>

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our big bank barn

<h5>our big bank barn</h5><p>work completed on the bar </p>

barn interior

<h5>barn interior</h5><p>party and programming space </p>

barn interior

<h5>barn interior</h5><p>party and programming space </p>

barn stage

<h5>barn stage</h5><p> </p>

barn stage

<h5>barn stage</h5><p> </p>

barn interior

<h5>barn interior</h5><p>party and programming space </p>

Our Fifth Year

Our annual October event

<h5>Our annual October event</h5><p> </p>

Scrapper

<h5>Scrapper</h5><p> </p>

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Barn sale

<h5>Barn sale</h5><p> </p>

Baarn sale

<h5>Baarn sale</h5><p> </p>

Canning in the fall

<h5>Canning in the fall</h5><p> </p>

Our first crop of peaches

<h5>Our first crop of peaches</h5><p> </p>

Four kinds of peppers

<h5>Four kinds of peppers</h5><p> </p>

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<p>our dogs have been here! </p>

Farm lane

<h5>Farm lane</h5><p> </p>

<p>the Hen House Cottage </p>

Maisie

<h5>Maisie</h5><p> </p>

Sunrise

<h5>Sunrise</h5><p> </p>

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Our Sixth Year

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new laundry room

<h5>new laundry room</h5><p> </p>

built-in ironing board

<h5>built-in ironing board</h5><p> </p>

repainting the barns

<h5>repainting the barns</h5><p> </p>

repairing the barns

<h5>repairing the barns</h5><p> </p>

Hen House Cottage

<h5>Hen House Cottage</h5><p> </p>

autumn harvest

<h5>autumn harvest</h5><p> </p>

Maisie eating berries

<h5>Maisie eating berries</h5><p> </p>

Hen House Cottage bathroom

<h5>Hen House Cottage bathroom</h5><p> </p>

Hen House Cottage

<h5>Hen House Cottage</h5><p> </p>

Hen House Cottage

<h5>Hen House Cottage</h5><p> </p>

Hen House Cottage

<h5>Hen House Cottage</h5><p> </p>

Hen House Cottage

<h5>Hen House Cottage</h5><p> </p>

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photo: Elaine Malcolm

<h5>photo: Elaine Malcolm</h5><p> </p>

photo: Elaine Malcolm

<h5>photo: Elaine Malcolm</h5><p> </p>

Scrapper

<h5>Scrapper </h5><p>Photo: Elaine Malcolm </p>

Maisie and Oliver

<h5>Maisie and Oliver</h5><p> </p>

Pandemic bread

<h5>Pandemic bread</h5><p> </p>

A new old sign for the barn

<h5>A new old sign for the barn</h5><p> </p>

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Jill with. her favorites

<h5>Jill with. her favorites</h5><p> </p>

Ron's office

<h5>Ron's office</h5><p> </p>

new siding for the big barn

<h5>new siding for the big barn</h5><p> </p>

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Oliver likes painting

<h5>Oliver likes painting</h5><p> </p>

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building the school house

<h5>building the school house</h5><p> </p>

Cicada--the 17 year horde

<h5>Cicada--the 17 year horde</h5><p> </p>

Cicada husks

<h5>Cicada husks</h5><p> </p>

Pan pipes of Mud Dauber's nest

<h5>Pan pipes of Mud Dauber's nest</h5><p> </p>

Our Seventh Year

our northern field

<h5>our northern field</h5><p> </p>

a truckload of walnut boards for The School House

<h5>a truckload of walnut boards for The School House</h5><p>Walnut planks from an auction </p>

<p>Scrapper in a stretch </p>

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<p>Wild flower garden </p>

Paisley

<h5>Paisley</h5><p> </p>

home-grown popcorn

<h5>home-grown popcorn</h5><p> </p>

Jill clowning with Scrapper

<h5>Jill clowning with Scrapper</h5><p> </p>

Ron's office

<h5>Ron's office</h5><p> </p>

detail from The School House

<h5>detail from The School House</h5><p> </p>

detail from The School House

<h5>detail from The School House</h5><p> </p>

detail from The School House

<h5>detail from The School House</h5><p> </p>

The School House

<h5>The School House</h5><p>getting painted </p>

Cora

<h5>Cora</h5>

<p>pecan harvest</p>

Otis

<h5>Otis</h5>

<p>sheds delivered</p>