(This is Elsie again)Yesterday Tyler and I took Riley out of the barn and put him to work twitching out some wood. I also got to drive him and haul out some wood with him for the first time. What a thrill to be half running, half walking behind Riley, who is working...

Dear Friends: (This is Elsie narrating)We have started on the metal roofing process! Some of you may of seen Anna's earlier post from afar, for she and Seth are in North Carolina for the month of January. I thought I would edit it and elaborate on some of the photos....

The view from the shop--finally the barn roof is fully roofguarded!This is my lovely sister Mary Kate, making friends with Riley, who is the photographer of the following shots. She is being quite brave, making the trip all the way to Maine in the dead of December,...

This little critter was spotted dragging compost out of its bucket and down a hole under our kitchen sink. S/he may have eaten our rug as well, or might have eaten the previous inhabitants and taken over. We hope the latter.Dad named it Lambbone. It was dragging a...