Tornado, then snow . . .

Just to add insult to injury, an arctic front roared in after the tornado, then blanketed us in snow . . .

Cauley of the Day and We're Finally Building!

The Cauley of the Day, in honor of the house lumber finally arriving, is "Are we ready? Does a cat have climbin' gear?"

We're going as green as we can, from downsizing (we went half the square footage than we started with) and hand-applied stain concrete foundation to using standing dead timber for the outer walls and reclaimed lumber inside (from R's Fredericksburg family homestead).

Notice the cat butt prints in the stain . . .