Washington DC Day 2

Smithsonian Air & Space Museum paper airplane flying contest... Jay won out of about 50 kids!

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

They couldn't get in to actually see the archives... too crowded!

Nitghttime Monument Tour

Washington DC Adventure

Ready for the Roofers

Our Angel

Late June Update!

Back of house

East side of house

West side of house

Front of house

Future Living Room

Looking up the stairway

Boys' Room

Cat that adopted us... his name is Ted

Decking the dormers

Andrew giving mom a heart attack

Terrible Twos

Fun at the Pool

Andrew's first jump off the high dive... yee haw!

Second Floor Progress

Septic Tank

Notice that we have about 4-6 inches of soil before the lovely limestone. Gardening should be a JOY!

Trenching for Utilities

Our Baby

The Master Carpenter

First floor progress!

East side of house... the large square window is the kitchen, the protruding part to the left will be the chimney, with two casement windows flanking it.
Back of the house... the large doorway leads out from the dining room. I really wanted French doors here, but this wasn't practical because of the large size of our dining table (the doors would not clear the table when opened). So we compromised and will have sliding French doors. I'd never heard of them before and they aren't exactly old-fashioned, but I know they'll work out great. The small door opens from the back of the garage. Mitch added this himself as a convenience. The space created by the "L" shape of this end of the house will be our patio. By the way, this photo was taken from atop the actual "hill" with the "persimmons" on it!
The west side of the house... of course the two big openings are for the garage. The small window is to mine and Mitch's bathroom and the large doorway leads from our bedroom to what will I hope someday will be an enclosed courtyard to relax in. This doorway will house a set of 48" French doors.
Front of house!! The middle opening is of course our front door which will be topped by a transom to bring it to the height of the four windows. The porch is a generous 8 feet deep... lotsa room for our porch swing.

Turkeys!

At the end of January, we discovered a large flock (20-25 birds) of Rio Grande turkey on top of Persimmon Hill!

Ceiling Joists/Decking

Progress

Persimmon Hill is (finally!) Ours!

It's happened... we closed on the property on January 17. And you know Mitch didn't waste any time getting started on the house. The gracious buyers of our home have given us 8 months to rent back from them, so that is the timetable for the new house. Here are pictures of the progress! The slab has been poured, but we don't have photos of that yet. Check back soon!