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Farm
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Butterfly Hollow Farm ____ The Path Leading Us Here ____ How The Farm Got Its Name ____ Restoring the Old Farmhouse ____ Where The Beefalo Roam ____ Saddle Up The Horses ____ Saving Wilderness and Farm Land ____ Farm Journals ____ Sharing The Farm ____ Guest Book ____ Site Map ____ |
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(October) Woke up, slipped on my boots, shuffled into the kitchen and flipped on the coffee pot. The magnet tug of the warm bed was pulling hard, but I fought the "bed devil" and walked out into the cool morning mist. I sat on the porch sipping java, listening to the birds waking up. "It's going to be a great day" I thought to myself. As the sun began filtering through the last shades of night, I stood up, smiled real big and walked back inside to loosen the grip the bed devil had on my lovely sleeping bride. We walked down to the farmhouse together and decided that today we would be rock masons. Since we began the restoration we've been gathering rocks and stones with character to be used to face the old fireplace. We've been working on the facing for the last week, building one layer at a time. Today we lifted and set into the place the last layer and the old barn rafter beam mantle. We sat in the rocking chairs on the farmhouse wrap around porch and ate lunch while watching some of the horses graze the last of the summer green. We found ourselves stretched out in the afternoon sun counting clouds, listening to the many different songs of the blue jay. We later brought the rocking chairs into the farmhouse and pulled up in front of our restored old fireplace and admired our creation. We cleaned up the tools, closed up the remaining bag of mortar mix, and began dreaming of our next project...… barnwood cabinets. As the sun fell behind the western ridge we were standing out in the gardens collecting Zenias, Cosmos and flower seeds. I still had the smells of the wildflowers drifting in and out of my senses as I slipped off my boots, rolled into bed and snuggled next to my sleeping bride.
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Butterfly
Hollow
Gordonsville,
TN 38563