Light Thrower 2000

This is an Arte de Mexico cast iron light/pot hanger with farm animals around the periphery that finally got hung last week. It took two men to hang it, Andy was one of them, there was a lot of grunting going on. He's not convenienced that it's the safest thing in the world (he's being facetious). It weighs 81# and when he's irritated with me, he tells me to go work under the light...I think he's looking for the guillotine effect:). He has named it the "Light Thrower 2000". Percival O. Possum shows up on it from time to time...

Living Room Updates

This is the Living Room with Andy's childhood piano. He was very excited to finally have a place to have it (after 35 years). My sister, Carol kept it at her house for her son, Michael to take lessons on. He plays very well, and hopefully will play for us during the holidays...Michael are you reading this??

Updated Photos

Here are photos of the foyer and the dining room. The light fixture shade is the original light that we had returned to its original oil burning status...as you can see it hasn't been hung. I plan to have it hung in the dining room.

Just For Fun

Trees With Faces

Can you tell which one we call "The Smoking Tree" and the one that we call the "Where's Waldo?" tree?

It's Been Almost a Month

When I look back at the old posts, I realize how much progress we have made! The drapes for the living room are being made, final electrical inspection is due in a week or so, so we are down to the tiny details that make a house a home.

We feel so blessed to have Laughing Fox. It truly feels like home and where we are meant to be. We are stewards of this property, here for just a while and leaving it better than we found it, and hopefully that will be a long while from now!

We are planning on having family and friends over for Thanksgiving, so it will be a real country "over the river and through the woods" holiday celebration. It was Michael's idea to have Thanksgiving here, and it is a good one!! I know that having an artificial center piece for the dining table is not the best choice, but I had one done by Liz Blalock at The Tulip Tree in Nashville and here is it's picture, complete with the turkey that will survive the holidays for more to come:)

Here are some fun pictures: Andy removing a boat-load of stick tights (see the collection on the floor?) from Gracie our intrepid hunter...she should have been named Diana or Artemis. Here is the turkey center piece and the pine boughs that Andy brought in this morning. They make the kitchen smell soooo good!!!

Raining...STILL!!!

Everything here is wet, everything squishes, I think I'm molding, but Andy and his beloved Emma found the best use for another rainy day and spent the morning on the front porch. I got this shot through the screen door. Gracie, our foundling chose to stay inside and sleep on her pilow. Duchess, the Foxhound is hiding in the smoke house:)