new truck in the "old" town

As many of you already know, when we lived in York, Ed was the Assistant Fire Chief. He held this position for 11 years, and knowing that he would have to give it up when we moved, was a tough decision for him. He has been a part of the fire company since he was 16, and naturally, he has many close friends and tons of wonderful memories!! He is now a member of our "new" local fire company (once it's in your blood.. you don't just let it go) and he still keeps a close eye on the happenings in York.

Just after we "left" the town was "given" a grant that the fire company had applied for some months ago. This grant was to replace two very old (40 + years) firetrucks with a brand new one. Ed has served on "new truck committees" a few times, and he was invited to be a part of this committee as well. After some searching, researching, putting out bids and the like, the fire company found it's new truck.....

And it was delivered just a few days ago. Today they had a celebration of it's arrival, and the guys certainly wanted Ed to be a part of the celebration.

Since he now holds the title of "honorary chief", he still dresses in "his whites" and was photographed with the other "chiefs".... and then was also included in the "company" photo...

congratulations York... applying for a grant, then receiving it, and all the time and effort that goes into getting a new truck... is a lot of work and "we" are very happy for your success!!!!

another project done....

Now that we have had some decent weather to work in, we decided it was time to get the well up and running. Ed had to think about this because we don't have the cellar floor poured yet, which meant, what do we do about the water tank. After giving it just a bit of thought, Ed wondered why couldn't the tank just be put up on a "shelf"... so he checked with our well man, and found out that he could have it up and maybe we would be the better for it.

So, shelf was made, appointment was made with the well man, and this morning, Ed was at work, getting the water pipe (to the barn!!!) in place and getting the electric side of the well in place!!! Brian came, hooked in the well... and.....









We have running water!!!! (very exciting!!) we still need to "run the well" a couple of weeks, and then send a water sample out before drinking it, or giving it to the horses, but... we can use it for washing out buckets and grain pans... and even giving baths if the weather warms up a little bit more!!! Once we have it tested... then we will really be in business and no more hauling water from the camp to the farm!!!! We still have the plumbing to finish in the house, so we don't need running water in the house just yet, but when we are ready... it's all ready to go.

The stairs up to Ed's workshop are now in place. You may notice that we still have a "ramp" into the house, we can't make those steps until the garage floor is done. AND we are still waiting for a bit of frost to leave the ground inside the garage... it is progressing, but slowly.

That will probably be the next big project... the radiant heat and the cement floors. Aside from needing to put the radiant heat in place and waiting for the frost to leave... we also have to wait until the "heavy load restrictions" are lifted from the roads. (for those of you who may not know, here in New England, when the roads are full of frost and they "heave"... heavy loads are restricted until the roads settled down.. so, that means, no cement trucks can get to us just now!)

I puttered around the house while the guys were working with the well.... the sun comes into this house so nicely...

this photo was taken from the living room looking into the 'quilting room".. in time there will be a wall here, but today it is open and very bright. The grids have been put in the windows, so that gives them a completely different look as well.

I am falling in love with this house!!!!