I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world. (George Washington)

We made it. We finally made it. And just before the cold winds and snow started to blow. Home. The sweetest four letters in the world.
We went from this:

Our lovely apartment living/dining/everything else room 

To this:

Kate enjoying wifi in our new living room.

Please note the crappy ersatz Christmas "tree" in the corner. By the time we moved in all the tree lots were gone. I suppose we could have gone off with the chain saw and cut down some wild pine tree at night when no one was looking but I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with the neighbors. Also just tromping 350 feet down to the mailbox every day is exhausting! And I have to get on boots, a coat and gloves just to do it! Maybe I can train one of the dogs to fetch the mail and paper (and make me a nice cappuchino while he's at it). No wait that's what I have Tom for.

Anyway, here are the rest of the interior pix:

View from kitchen into dining/living room.

Kitchen (yay finally got the counter top)

Den/office

Master bedroom

Family room in basement

Queen bedroom basement (aka the jungle room)

 

smaller basement bedroom

Basement area where you don't get to look

After big snow, the view from the upper acres towards front property.

The money shot. That's why we moved here. It was beautiful up there. We have seen many eagles, some as close as Otterville Rd. Yes, the drive to anywhere is long, but I like being out here. It's peaceful. We have met so many interesting folks. Many, like our plumber who gardens (so big he needs a tractor) on the side. He has promised to introduce us a guy who starts tomato plants for the truck farms around here. Apparently he is into heritage varieties. And the appraiser who is doing vermiculture (worm composting to you regular people out there). And our builder who hunts and processes his venison. Many of the men even do their own canning! Tom refuses, says it women's work. I'll give him a pass if he ever gets that pizza/bread oven going.

We are hoping to get started on the "farm" this spring but know it to be a long row to hoe (if I may use a farm term). I will keep this blog going as we document how we start a small organic farm. As always, we welcome visitors. You can even stay overnight in your own suite of rooms complete with Dish network TV and DVR! And you know we love to cook. 

In other news: Kate is off to Brussels for 10 days. Then she is looking at an intership this summer with the USDA at Land Between the Lakes, Ky. After that the big plan is to get accepted at a field school for Marine studies in the Turks and Caicos for fall semester. Hello Keith Richards! (He owns a compound there).

Joe just finished his first semester in grad school and did pretty damn good. Maybe soon we can call him "Master" Joe Owen.

Wishing everyone a great 2011. It has to be better than 2010, right? An annus horribilis if ever I saw one.