Gratitude: Finding a tiny ray of sunshine

Makes all the difference.

Aunt Jenny Marie buys a lil brick farm house

We did it! After two years of being crammed in a tiny rental, we bought a house. A fixer-upper in a great setting for us on 1-1/5 acres.

Surrounded by primarily pasture land now owned by the grand daughter of the folks that built and lived in our house all their lives. The picture below is an 100x130 corral that will be my garden space. We found out this was the garden spot for many years until the couple got up in years and didn't fool with a garden anymore.

Upon our first visit, we were already in love with the location and surroundings.

We had to have some sort of shop or garage space for Brian to work out of. And Ole Yeller must have a place to park out of the elements. This one has seen it's better days but the truck will barely fit in it and there is room for a work bench in the other parking bay. It will have to do for a couple years until he can build a new one. 

There is a well-used outdoor brick fireplace, also showing its age but still charming.

This is the view to the north of the property. The rolling hills make for a nice bit of privacy.

Below is the view from the outdoor fireplace looking towards the back of the house (NW corner of the property where road winds through).

This is the first time we stopped to look at it. This is a western view from the back of the driveway. The mature trees were gorgeous. Brian is trying to figure how much he has to trim in order to get the moving van up the drive.

Another shot of the garden spot when there were still leaves on the trees. This view is from the driveway looking south. 

We had to wait for the realtor before we went inside. We saw some pictures of the interior from the online listing. But we weren't quite prepared for just how much needed to be done. You will see for yourself on the next post. Below is the functioning outside located behind the shop.