4.26.09

we found a few deals for the fairfield house in various places this week. a microwave, two medicine cabinets & a small side table at the second hand building supply store that benefits a local rehab program.

a king size mattress, pine table & chairs, some pots & pans & cheap dressers in an online auction of items from the close by bankrupt tamarack resort. so we drove up with our goodies today. tho it will take more than me to get that mattress upstairs!

the snowmobiles came down. doesn't look much different from monday. we did see some elk & cranes on the drive, and it was sunny & a beautiful day.

here are some photos of the furnishings and a video walk through of the house so far-

thank goodness for the snowmobile trailers!

been a while

looks a bit different from the last post.... no snow in town.

dogs back to racing around behind the house. what we thought would be marshy isn't. it's dry.
echo guarding the house from the driveway-

porch gets put to use- it's great, and i'm sure we'll be out there a lot. the house is a great wind break :)

john made this bed frame. it will hold a king size mattress- room for me, steve & both dogs. not quite finished out, but it will look great when done.

the scenery from the house-

a field trip to soldier mountain. still a bit of snow on the ski hill, but not much.

lots of water running in the creek-

the ski lodge burned down a few weeks ago. don't know what they're going to do- rebuild or use temporary structures next season. it looks like it was really hot.

and a field trip to camas centennial marsh in search of sand hill cranes. there is a lot of water.

saw 4 cranes at a distance. running at each other, flying a bit. i love the way all cranes fly with their feet sticking out.

and a yellow headed blackbird.

i need to go back & get out the tripod & just sit for a while to see what birds come back & hang out.

found the second hand building store in hailey- lots of tile there. the one in boise had a microwave for $15 (score!) and some medicine cabinets for $15 and $20. slowly but surely we're getting there!

Less snow

The drive down Sage St.





















Not much snow left in front, but still have a large drift out the back door.



























nothing new inside as you can see.






















Still a nice view out the kitchen window.





















Looking out the back door. With the weather prediction for the next several days calling for warm temps, up to 50 here, the snow isn't going to last long. And then rain at the end of next week.





Well we have one more final as can be seen here. Just need to get the master bath finished up and then we can call in for the final plumbing inspection. Oh and then we'll need to call the city inspector to come do the final final as I call it.