Andy and I fostered two puppies who were, believe it or not, litter mates for Snooty Giggles Dog Rescue. We had so much fun with them, and here are their photos with their new owners. Quail, now Sugar, was adopted by Carla Chamberlain and Quilt, the black and tan, now Stella was adopted by the McIntyre family and is shown with her new "siblings". It was a joy to foster these precious little female pups. And goodness knows we have the room!!:)

Rural Living at Laughing Fox Farm in Middle Tennessee: Completed Summer Kitchen, Restored Pieces and Decorating

Rural Living at Laughing Fox Farm in Middle Tennessee: Completed Summer Kitchen, Restored Pieces and Decorating

Completed Summer Kitchen, Restored Pieces and Decorating

The Summer Kitchen is complete! The photo at the top is how we hide the air conditioner inside a biscuit box. With the top and doors closed, it is completely hidden. We use the biscuit box as a bedside table. It was originally painted a sort of dark green color, the top was warped and unprotected with a sharpening tool bolted to it. We removed the tool that was mounted to a board, painted it and hung it on the wall as decoration. Then I cleaned up the box, and painted it a sort of burgundy color. The construction crew adapted it to accommodate the a/c, placed the water drain pipe through the wall to the outside (hardly detectable and it waters the flowers) and air duct under the floor. It works very well. The next photo is the restored washing machine. David Travis did this and it looks great! Next is the wall with the restored cauldron paddles, and scoops that I adapted to be sconces with flameless candles in them. The "candles" are remote controlled and look just like flame candles without the fire risk! Then...The Summer Kitchen from the chimney end and the front. just perfect! Thanks to the David Travis crew for making this possible and to Andy Tate for making it financially possible!!!!

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Foundation Rock June 2012

When the house was "updated" in the 1940's and a kitchen, bath, closet, and hall were added, the foundation was constructed of cinder block. When facing the front of the house the cinder block went from the left side of the front of the house, around the south side of the house,to the rear of the house to the cement walkway out of the back door. So just last week we had the cinder block covered with square cut TN limestone and it looks great. It matches the stable's stone. The stone came from Pennington Stone, and the Travises laid it. It has made a world of difference. Next project? a stone patio! (Andy is yet to learn of this:))

Derby Pie

Announcing! Derby Pie!! I had noticed that Cappuccino was acting lonely even though he had Theodore and Roosevelt, the burros for companions. Every time we would go riding he would head for the nearby horses down the lane. So I contacted the Equine Rescue group in Lexington, KY and their director, Karen kindly returned my call. We talked for quite a while, but determined that they did not currently have an appropriate horse for me, but she invited me to come visit. About two hours later, Karen called me back and said that she never did this sort of thing, but at just that moment a lady called who could afford the horse that she had, but that her daughter needed something a bit more bold to show, and wanted to give her's away. She had a 10 year old TB. Karen gave me her phone number, I called her and the 10 year old was not going to work. When I explained to Starr Kramer, the owner what I was looking for, she said that she had a 17 year old TB that they had retired from showing and couldn't imagine that anyone would want him. We talked a while and he sounded perfect, so I drove the Lexington two days later, and brought Derby Pie home. He seems so pleasant, stood very well for the farrier, loaded like a star, and gets along famously with Cappy AND the burros. So thank you Karen at Equine Rescue in Lexington and the Kramer family for giving Derby a new home, me a new horse and Cappy a new friend!!!

The Completed Summer Kitchen June 2012

The Summer Kitchen is, except for some minor details, complete! Here are some photos showing the outside, the back porch, the hanging beds that I designed, the fireplace and a shot of the fireplace with some of the tools that we found in the summer kitchen that I painted and Jason Travis hung on the wall. Andy has named the cabin "Aunt Clarice's Cabin". He made the project possible, so it ought to be named, "Uncle Andy and Aunt Clarice's Cabin.:)