The Woodman | SILVER PAW CAVACHONS

Things are happening and the future looks bright! Silver Paw Kennels is moving and it’s going to be easier for everyone! We are going to be closer to town! We are going to be closer to the airport! We are going to be closer to the vet! We are going to be closer to the kids’ school and our church! We are going to be closer to our extra curricular activities! We are going to be farther from our ski mountain (you can’t have everything, you know!) And we are going to have less snow (hopefully) and milder weather (hopefully)!!

Our kennel area is going to be bigger, and it’s going to be indoors. And we are going to have outdoor space that is BIG and FLAT for lots of outdoor playtime for the dogs! We will make things happen one step at a time, and today something really exciting happened!

But first, let’s start at the very beginning…

We bought a house…

With a barn and a chicken shed…

The barn is BIG and RED and PURDY!!

It has lots of cool features, like a BIG storage room behind the 1st door, and a country basketball court behind the other two doors!

There is a big opening on the front of the barn that will be our indoor/outdoor covered doggie play area. Did you hear me say COVERED?!! This is very important, considering we get enough snow each year to be measured in FEET, and not inches! And let’s not forget the rain, and how undesirable wet, dirty, and cold doggies are!

The barn is divided into two areas, the big side, and the lean-to side.

The lean-to side is not very pretty inside right now, because, well, it’s an old barn, but we have lots of plans. A few weeks ago it looked like this…

Lots of stuff everywhere…

Most of it trash, and there were these annoying grooves in the cement…

We think it was an old cow barn, and this is where all the p**p ran down the floor – ewww!

But never fear, the woodman, who also does cement, came to the rescue today, and began the process of turning this big lean-to into a big, beautiful (term used loosely, even when project is completely finished) , first class (almost) dog kennel for our adult dogs!

Notice all that “junk” in the barn is now gone as well, but we can’t take credit for that as the owners that we bought the property from took care of that major detail for us!!

I’m thinking that some nice white-washed walls are next on the to-do list!!

We’re getting a heavy frost each night now.

We have a fire in each wood stove now.

We dress in layers now.

Winter is coming and things are happening around here so we will be prepared.

The Woodman has been busy getting wood. I think this is his favorite time of the year. He’s made friends with a neighbor that owns thousands of acres, and has permission to get any downed logs. I think he even got permission to cut a few trees down here and there as well. I don’t think anything would have made him much happier.

This is the view out my living room windows. These are fairly massive piles of logs. There is still a lot of work to do before this wood can be burned in the wood stoves!

The horses are waiting for their breakfast. They make just the perfect couple, Shinanigan and Slick. They are exactly the same color, but Shinanigan is prettier and flashier, and that’s the way it should be.

This is the view of the log pile just outside the back door. The second pile is directly behind this one, and the third log pile is still on the trailer.

This is the view just outside my front door. Wood is a very important resource right now, and for the next 6-7 months.

This is the little roof over the wood outside the front door. It’s covered with frost this morning, as is the garden. The fall colors are beautiful right now as well! We took out the square foot garden boxes that were in the garden. If somebody wants 8 beautiful 4 x 4 boxes, just let me know!

We are officially putting the garden to “sleep” this year. The Woodman has been hauling horse manure up from the pasture and spreading it all over the garden. I guess he has big plans for next spring. I have some big plans too.

The sunflowers are drying over the garden fence. I’m not sure they were mature enough, but perhaps there will be something for the birds to enjoy!

The fall colors are peeking out all over the place. I love this time of year!

My feet were frozen when I got back into the house this morning. It’s pretty easy to tell which footprint I left on the front porch!

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