Peppermint Pines

Wow, it’s been 3 months since any kind of update from me. I’m totally slacking at this blog thing and I apologize! Unfortunately, nothing hugely exciting has happened in those months, much to our dismay.  A quick rundown, in no particular order - 1. After 70ish days my orange hat tomato plants that I’ve been growing indoors have their first tomatoes!  2. We have a new builder manager working on our houses with the Red Door Company. He’s from our county, knows the ins and outs of the building industry here, and seems to be fighting for us to get stuff moving! He’s gotten more done in the two weeks since he’s been on the ground than they had since October.  3. In reference to number 2 above...They delivered a porta potty - the first REAL sign that SOMETHING is finally happening. That arrived March 3rd.  Five months after we signed the contract..... 4. I’ve planted a lot of seeds here at the house, trying to get some seedlings ready to go in the ground after the last ex...

 It’s been over a month since I last posted, but not much has changed (unfortunately). However given than it’s 2020 I should be glad that it’s been uneventful.  Right?  We go out from time to time, to hunt for treasures or just to say we went. 😉  The weather has been nice for December, low 70s the past few days, so we went out to plant some flower bulbs I had purchased at Aldi a couple of months ago. They had started sprouting in the box so it was plant now or never.   I have to admit, even though it was just flower bulbs, it felt REALLY good to do SOMETHING.  The farm field behind our property has been harvested since I was last out there. It is just so beautiful.  I hope more than anything that it will remain farm field forever and not be filled with a subdivision. Andy chopped some wood and the girls and I walked around in search of more glass treasure.  Thr bank stuff seems to moving along, so hopefully within the month of December we will be...

  The first project I’ve made thus far using the found glass from the farm land is a house number sign! I think it will be a fun keepsake and reminder of the beginning of our time on the farm ❤️

Look at all this pretty green grass growing all on its own out at the farm! Hopefully it will be easy to get sod and grass seed to grow when the time comes! Jerry spent the morning moving the dirt piles to the back of the property. My mom brought us all lunch - Patches graced us with her presence too.  Today’s found treasure! Patches hunting for the mice that were in the piles eating corn.  She is the sweetest dog. Hopefully cooper gets along with her.   

To date this has been one of the easiest experiences in this whole process! Last week we were out at the property and a SC DOT Truck had stopped on the road to work on a sign. The builder had told us that in NC the DOT puts the culvert drain pipe in when one is needed. I asked the SC DOT workers if that was an option here and they said absolutely! They gave me the number to their shop to call and request the pipe.  I called on the way home and spoke to a man who took my info and said they’d be out to check it out soon. Monday morning I received a call that he was at the property and wanted to confirm some things with me. Today - Thursday - a week after my initial call, they were out there with their machines, trucks, and multiple men and they had it all installed!  A welcome sight when I came around the curve today! There she is, the beginning of our driveway ❤️ From the road looking in. Once building is done they will pave over this to meet up with our driveway.  The pip...

We have found quite a large amount of broken glass out at the farm land since we started hunting for treasure - the lavenders and aquas are truly beautiful! I wish I knew their story - how they got there, what they were, and how long they’ve quietly been hiding there....    I have a plan for a good majority of the bits and pieces we find - I’m in the process of making a tutorial that I will share with you once it’s finished - so far I love how it is turning out! The remaining pieces I find will likely turn into stepping stones or other fun little art pieces like the ones I quickly laid out On a piece of paper this morning. A heart or South Carolina? Either way, they both apply! This is all of the glass we’ve found thus far...  If you have any Broken glass or pottery Projects that you’ve made or seen, I’d love to hear about them!