Thursday, April 22, 2010

Farm House Progress and Random Birds

The "remodel" of the farm house has definitely gotten out of control. It is looking nice however and we are excited to see how it will come out.






The entry is going to be fun. Walking into the entry you will look right through the house to the view to the north. 3 large all glass garage doors open out to the deck.




The house really blends in with the natural surrounding much better than before. This is the view from down on rainbow lane.


And now for some random birds.


This is the momma Canada Goose who has been hatching babies on the roof of the pump house behind Grandpa Vial's place in Grants Pass for the last 10 years. She had a batch of eggs last year that never hatched however, and it looks like it might be the same situation this year. She may need to trade in her mate!


The Mallard may be a fairly common duck, but I still think it is really beautiful.



I still think that the Wood Duck is one of my favorites. Both the male and the female are beautiful.



The swallows are back, and the Violet Green's are among the prettiest.



Oh yeah, one last thing. Nate tore down the old woodshed, and the view from the lawn is really fun. Mom wants to make it into a giant sandbox. Fun!

2 comments:

Darilyn said...

Wow, there's a lot of stuff going on over there. The house looks amazing and it's weird to see the woodshed gone. Will the pool stay? I don't know if I can live a summer without the Vial pool.

The Thomas Family said...

The farm house looks beautiful!! I still have memories of the first remodel to the farm house when you all first moved into Farmington Ward. I can't believe how time has flown.