Closing In A Corner

 

Bill is up at Old Farm finishing corner repair work to the garage. Trim boards were painted first and then added before cedar siding was installed. In between this work, Bill has hauled a chipper here to make mulch of the many fallen branches that have piled up and will now cover the new garden beds.

 

Wavy Glass Windows

Bill is now repairing one of the old barn windows in the worst shape. Six or half of the very old wavy glass panes were broken between two sashes, and all frames were sanded down to wood before being primed. Finding such old glass window panes isn't easy and we removed all from historic windows stored here. Below is the opening.

Moving Mom

My father built two houses for my Mom, one next to the other because she truly loved her neighbors. For sixty-five years my Mom lived in this neighborhood and moving her was hard. She is safely in southern Tennessee reunited with her older sister. As I sort her house and belongings, it is Dad's diploma she will have on her wall. I have found his college pennants (except for Bowdoin) as well and never knew he played basketball. He was an understated man who was very good to my Mom. I feel she is lucky now too.

Fixing A Front Porch

We are making important repairs to this farmhouse and garage barn before they can finally be painted. The front porch here needed an obvious new foundation from day one and the work has begun by removing the old floor, foundation and salvaged old beams supporting it, for new footings.

Repairing A Garage Corner

 

Bill had a well deserved vacation; having fun isolating with projects at Old Farm...such as repairing the garage corner. He also painted the historic front door, handmade screen door and wood gutter. It is amazing how much he accomplishes on his own and how busy he can be on vacation.

AC At The Farm

Having AC in this old farmhouse was easy with all new forced air duct work, and the compressor took only a day to install. Christian did the electrical hook up required beforehand and Stellitano Heating and Plumbing did the rest in a day of thunderstorms. Bless those boys who are the best in the business! The crawl space here was hand dug out with concrete walls poured by my boys.

Welcome To The Family

Soon we will proudly welcome Nina Heindel into our family as Alex's wife. Nina comes from Belo Horizonte, Brazil and is a Manager International Tax & Transfer Pricing for RSM in Charlestown, MA. Her Master's degree is from Boston University School of Law and she has maintained American citizenship with her grandfather attending Harvard Law School and grandmother Cornell University. Alex is Vice President USA for Euretos; an  artificial intelligence platform enabling world leading pharma, biotech and academic industries to accelerate life science research. The company is based in Utrecht Netherlands, and his office is in the Back Bay of Boston. They reside in the heart of Charlestown, MA. Welcome to the family Nina!