Did I mention the creek?

The bonfire pile. We will burn this tomorrow.

Another new toy.

So Matt had just had is chain saw sharpened, and called me wanting to use it. This tree was dead, and with a 36"dbh, we thought it would be a fun one to drop "for fire wood". We strapped some webbing to a limb about 10 feet off the gound. Notched a wedge half way through the trunk. Then we cut the back and middle out a little so that it was balanced on a 6 inch area, waiting to fall. We pulled the webbing. It rocked backward, then forward. Then, the whole thing fell the wrong way. It missed the house by about 3 feet. 6 feet to the left and it would have crushed the house.

Big Tree Matt and I cut down.

Five feet of soil. The neighbors are jealous.

The Utility guy came out and tried to climb the old pole and hook up the temp pole. But the it started leaning when he was about 15 feet up. He retreated and now I get a new one.

New Telephone pole for the electricity.

RENTED A 30 YARD DUMPSTER

$150. no keys, no title, no problem.

a few more shots.....

exploring the property before purchase..........

back of the house

todd and the front porch

one of the barns, this one has sort of collapsed, sort of.......

this barn is in the best shape, it is really tall.
we are thinnking climbing wall......

our friendly neighbor dog yoda taking in the view...

welcome to south knoxville!
todd getting things started on day one!

a little bit of clearing around the house, looking forward to uncovering the
windows and letting in some light!
all of the original windows (6 over 1) are intact. 

view down the upper driveway after a little mowing

the lower driveway 

a couple of shots from the lower field

ever enjoying the new front porch! this was the first time we had opened the front door.
it had been nailed and screwed shut!

a few 'treasures' that i found in the shed....i am sure there are many more to be discovered!

The perma trailer outside

Notice the nice deck

Inside the perma-trailer

Notice the missing electrical box

The House prepurchase

The cinder block shed prepurchase

Another messy barn

I don't even know where to begin.

Free Fridge
(well, I guess someone took this the wrong way, I meant that I got a free fridge, not free to a good home. Someone removed it from us shortly after this post.)

Day 1

I couldn't sleep last night. I was like a kid knowing santa had come and left gifts under the tree. We arose this morning and headed over to the farm. After a full day, RJ and I had cleared the driveway grass and made the terrain surrounding the house walkable. We took the four inch screws out of the front door that were keeping it shut and aired the house out. The electrician showed up to discuss adding electricity to the equation. It turns out that someone stole the power meter off the house for the copper. That is probably a good thing considering the wiring is knob and tube. The house was the first one on the street with electricity and still has the original wires. If we had turned it on the whole place would have probably burned down. We also found the straight pipes from the kitchen. They dump into the side yard about 5 feet from the septic tank and 5 feet from the well. It make the water taste so good. All in all it was a fun day. I even got to go to Lowes once.