Happy Monday! We had a busy weekend over at Hearthstone and Rocky was working on it again all day today. I can't wait to share all the progress! The side yard (by driveway) is now clear! It shows the gorgeous slate pathway down the side of the house. We had to take the mimosa tree down from the patio because it was digging into the stone pathway at the corner by the front steps. Even with the old picture, I was having a hard time visualizing how the stone walkway/path exactly laid, but now it all makes sense!
We took the walnut that was growing right next to the house (by the ivy) down yesterday. It really opens up the house! It fell right over onto the driveway. We quickly cleared it up and hauled it out!
Check out the gorgeous flower beds on either side of the walkway. We didn't think this area would get much sun because of the pine trees by the Old Pond, but we were wrong! These will have plenty of sun after all.
This is a view of the side of the house from the front yard. This is what I was talking about in the above excerpt. You can see how both front and side pathways meet at the steps. This was where the mimosa tree was invading the stone.
As you can see above, clearing out these side gardens makes a huge difference!! We had even more ivy to pull out from the side walls. I'm hoping that we can take the plywood off the windows to let the house air. It's looking cozier and cozier (lol...a very long ways off!).
So tonight, Rocky took me through the back paths through the woods that our fabulous neighbors, the Butlers, have kept clear. They four-wheel/quad it through there and use them as walking paths. It was so great to be able to have a clear walk straight to the old pine forests. The pine forests are incredible!!! It is just a huge canopy of incredibly tall pines that Rocky had planted when he and Mary lived there. We walked all the way to the old water tower (which apparently the kids used to be able to climb up and swim in?!?!?!) and down a path to the mill. I got to get up close to the mill today and see all the work they have done. It is so exciting to think about how both of these structures will now be consistently cared for (and be presented at some point in the future)! We tore our way down the old path that the miller used to walk back to the house. I even went over the old foot bridge!!! It was such a surreal feeling to be able to get a good idea of the whole property and see all these important historic landmarks. Roger was at the shop all day today, so I can't wait to show him what I discovered. I hung in there with all the heavy underbrush, thorns, and terrain. I'm holding my own as a nature girl. :)
Here is a snapshot of the house and land from the driveway. You can just see the holly on the right. What a difference the clear yard makes!!
The pine tree forest!! It goes on...and on...and on...!
The view of the mill walking back down to the mill race to Hearthstone.
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