Doniene's 365 Days: Day 294 of 365

Monday, August 27, 2012

Day 294 of 365 - A Two Pic Day!

This Morning

This Evening

9 comments:

Jeanneke said...: Has been a perfect day, I think.
Beautiful pictures!

Groetjes,

Jeanneke.; August 27, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Raewyn said...: A good downpour followed by a lovely evening - great pictures, Doniene!; August 28, 2012 at 2:57 AM
Mandie McIlroy said...: Great pics mom! Glad y'all got some good rain. We got a little shower yesterday evening!; August 28, 2012 at 6:43 AM
Anonymous said...: Waouw, such a change ! Thank you for this pictures.; August 28, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow, these are amazing pictures, both very beautiful.; August 28, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Joanne said...: Good to have rain (wish we had some), and such a beautiful sunset too.; August 28, 2012 at 6:38 PM
Joanne said...: I see you have a talented daughter too!; August 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Lucy said...: Wow the picture of the rain is nice. I notice through the year that rain picture has something!; August 28, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Mollie said...: YAY RAIN!!! Looks like a great day to me!!
"Red in the morning, sailors take warning. Red at night, sailors delight!"; August 29, 2012 at 8:07 AM

CONSTRUCTION TIME-LINE

April 2001 - Moved our family of 6 into the cabin

January 2003 - Finished first ad-on: laundry room

Summer 2003 - Began Construction on main house

December 2003 - Opened up wall between Laundry room
and main house

2004 - 2007 - Completed majority of interior, constructed
porches and carport, extended chimney

Jan - May 2008 - Put log siding up and rocked the front of
the house. Finished the decking under
the porch.

June 2008 - Hosted our oldest daughter's wedding and
reception at the ranch/house

Fall 2009 - Rocked underpinning on porch and built rock patio

Nov 2009 - Hosted reception for our second daughter's
reception at the house

My 365 Days Photo Journal

This 365 Day photo journal is inspired by others that I have seen. Mine will be about things I "see" every day, but I'm going to add a little twist and share pictures of our home - the construction to the finishes and even including the things that aren't done. To do that, I need to give you a little history.

For the history of the Cabin, click on the link below. That will help you understand where we are going now. A little more than ten years ago, Mike's parents suffered a severe car accident that required them to have full time care. Our family of six moved into the cabin (note: this was a 40' X 16", 3 room structure). Needless to say, we needed more room, which initiated the "journey" of building our house ourselves. We decided to tear down old buildings and build ours from the reclaimed lumber. We did buy some materials, like windows, doors, bolts, screws, nails and a little bit of lumber, but most of the house was built with "old stuff".

So, hope you enjoy the journey!!!