Showdown at the Tin Shed

A hale and hearty hello to you all! This blog will be brief, but hopefully I can convey my excitement about the upcoming weekend !! The Farmhouse Posse is riding in on Friday to help us clear some clutter. Now when I say clutter, I'm talking refrigerator size items that have been holding the same spot of the floor down for 20 - 30 years. When you have stationary items, some of which were once made of paper or fiber in a dark, unused, undisturbed building out in the middle of 100 acres of cotton, with a large water source close by -- what do you suppose you get? CRITTERS! Critters that aren't even cute when they're babies. That many critters over that many years in that big an area means that you can't even see whether the floor is dirt or cement. Soooooo, we're gloving up, doning our coveralls and bandanas (respirators) and will commence to pitching, tossing, shoveling, sweeping and finally, hosing down the big tin shed.

Then it will become the first (of many) studios at the Farm -- Glass Arts -- yeah!! We can finally get set up and start playing with glass again (after 2 long years). I see cutting tables, glass racks, kilns, soldering irons, Tiffany lamps, bandaids.....

This is a great random picture from last summer - just one of the views from behind the houses.  Cotton looks to be about July - August height.

I will take some fresh photos and if we live to tell, I'll post our progress next week. Just by way of introduction, the Posse coming in will be Builder Bob and his lovely bride Sandy (my usual partner in crime), Barbara I, Sandy II (aka Deuce), and Karen (she's the wild one of the bunch). Then, of course, yours truly and Hunnyman.  There's an extra bonus because all next week is free dump days at the local landfill - WAHOO!

So - check back next week!