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A phone call and an invitation…

Last night the *Octogenarian called with an invitation to visit the new property on Friday!  She said she wanted to show me around the gardens before all their spring loveliness was bloomed out! Isn… more →

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A phone call and an invitation... — 22 comments

Lynda wrote 1 week ago: Last night the *Octogenarian called with an invitation to visit the new property on Friday!  She sai … more →

Tags: Garden, An Invitation:, Bandying, Flowers, spring, The Mountain Farmlet

And a snippet more regarding the Little dog. — 44 comments

Lynda wrote 1 week ago: So as I told you on Saturday, Tucker is sick.  For the past year and a half he has been on a hardly … more →

Tags: dogs 2, Adrenal gland, cushings disease in dogs, dog, health, noticeable decline, Vetoryl (trilostane) Capsules

Pssst... — 23 comments

Lynda wrote 3 weeks ago: This is big news! Well, OK, maybe it is only big news for me, but I’m sharing it anyway! The r … more →

Tags: Historical anecdotes, History, Mountain Farmlet, Pssst, old log cabins, Mountain Life

UPDATE: the mountain farmlet edition — 36 comments

Lynda wrote 1 month ago: I have received word from the realtor that the owner and son are proceeding with estimates and repai … more →

Tags: Home Improvements, Faith, Shopping for Farmlets, Real Estate, Mountain Farmlet, Purchasing an antiquated home, home repairs, repair estimates

A visitor on the Farmlet! — 17 comments

Lynda wrote 1 month ago: It isn’t often that we get visitors here on the Farmlet, and when we do it is a very big event … more →

Tags: Best Friends, Daytrips, making new friends, Friendship, Maple Hill Cemetery, farmlet, Civil War, Visitors, Blogging Friends

After careful consideration... — 40 comments

Lynda wrote 1 month ago: The following is a letter to the seller to be forwarded by our Realtor: Per our phone conversation o … more →

Tags: Shopping for Farmlets, Construction and Maintenance, Home Inspection, Plumbing, Electrical Wiring, disappointments in life, Farmlets, "Cottage" home constrution, buyer beware

A new Farmlet awaits us... — 34 comments

Lynda wrote 1 month ago: Right near the City of Huntsville in a covenanted estate community only fifteen minutes from downtow … more →

Tags: Humor, Shopping for Farmlets, April Fools, polly, zillow, Estate Living, Huntsville AL, Luxury Homes

Sometimes it stings a little... — 66 comments

Lynda wrote 2 months ago: “…The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, … more →

Tags: Faith, Real Estate, Tom Petty, disappointment, depressed housing market, dream home

It is Official: we made them an offer they couldn't refuse — 37 comments

Lynda wrote 2 months ago: Yeeeee-HAAA! OUR OFFER ON THE APPALACHIAN FARMLET WAS ACCEPTED! Can you feel my excitement? Soon the … more →

Tags: neighbors, Country Life, Barns, Appalachian Mountains, buying a new home, pygmy ponies

An offer they [might] refuse — 24 comments

Lynda wrote 2 months ago: We are on pins and needles again.  We have now made our offer on the new Farmlet!  We hope they acce … more →

Tags: Faith, paddock, offer and acceptance, real estate broker, buying a new home, Suspense, Tom Petty

The next steps taken — 46 comments

Lynda wrote 2 months ago: We have applied for the loan, paid for the appraisal of our home, made an offer on the  Appalachian … more →

Tags: Buying a Home, farmlet, Claude Debussy, Appalachian Mountains, lord of the rings, insomnia

This and that. — 25 comments

Lynda wrote 3 months ago: The application for the mortgage is in.  Now we wait. The chickens are back to laying again!  Fresh … more →

Tags: Chickens, Best Friends, farm animals, Geese, freezing temperatures, water, polly, farmlet, Frellnick

Late news and putting it all into perspective — 20 comments

Lynda wrote 3 months ago: “It all began with a 5:00am phone call from my neighbor, but I’ll get to that in tomorrow’s po … more →

Tags: Faith, Fear, Family, Firefighter, house fires, electrical fires, loss of property, fire trucks

The last straw! — 37 comments

Lynda wrote 3 months ago: Sunday was just an odd day. It all began with a 5:00am phone call from my neighbor, but I’ll g … more →

Tags: farm animals, Humor, Geese, health, Medicine, human eye, eye injuries, er

Fits and Spurts — 42 comments

Lynda wrote 3 months ago: I have been busy working on several projects in my studio.  All of them working up my courage to com … more →

Tags: Best Friends, Sewing, Sewing, Art, Craft, perfectionism, aprons, Accomplishment, A Promise Kept

Music: like drugs for your brain? — 33 comments

Lynda wrote 4 months ago: Lately, as I have said, I have been enjoying a lot of Swing Music to help me get through the shorter … more →

Tags: benny goodman, brain, Health and Well Being, Music, Music and the Brain, music research, Sad, Swing Music

The evil twin... — 53 comments

Lynda wrote 4 months ago: Lately Georgie has been at odds with the world.  He bites the dogs, challenges Bob and sometimes me, … more →

Tags: farm animals, Geese, Pets, Evil Twin, Rehabilitation, goose injuries, wading pool, raising Geese, muck boots

Rain, Rain, Go Away... — 42 comments

Lynda wrote 4 months ago: It’s been raining for seven days straight.  It started with temperatures in the seventies and … more →

Tags: seasons 2, snow, Weather, rain, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Benny Goodman Sextet, Peggy Lee, humidity, sleet

The Official Paint Tester Sez... — 16 comments

Lynda wrote 4 months ago: Yup, it’s still wet.  Better not touch it. … more →

Tags: Home Improvements, Humor, cats 2, Pets, Painting, Cats, Humor, Nuisance, Wet Paint


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