Things are continuing to take shape. The old kitchen cabinets are now cleaned up and installed in the laundry room. That room doesn't have any windows, but there is now a combination skylight/solar chimney that will provide us with some illumination and ventilation.
One of the oddities of the house when we bought it several years ago was the large stump that stood in the front of the house. The previous owners had decided that it was the perfect thing to attach a downspout to and it sort of became a part of the house's architecture. We decided to give it a shove the other day, having made a few other attempts over the past months to see if it would give. Well, the weather and the bugs finally had their way with it and over it tipped, crumbling into a pile of mulch, bugs, and two snakes.
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| Fall 2010, Mr. Stump standing tall and creatively attached to the house with a downspout. |
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| September 2013: Mr. Stump is no more. |
