Look what we got in the mail

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Sometimes you get annoying things in the mail, like bills. Sometimes, you get stupid things in the mail, like "Pet Product World" catalogues.

And sometimes, you get the craziest things - and you just have to share them with your blog-readers.

This week, we got the above pictured postcard addressed to the former resident of our house. He hasn't lived in the place for at least 2 years.

So, for over two years, Richard Kennedy's Taxidermy Studio has been holding onto Drew's stuffed coyote.

This card raises certain questions:

Like is it only one coyote OR since the card says "Your coyote have been done..." is it more than one coyote?

Where did Mr. Slimmer find the coyote to be "done"?

How long does it take to "do" a coyote?

What do you think was done to aforementioned coyote?

And, wouldn't you think it would be called a Taxidermy shop, instead of a studio?

Anyway, we thought the house had an interesting 19th century history. Who knew that it would have such colorful 21st century residents?

Here's the Barn

This is the view from the driveway, looking into the backyard. From this vantage point, you can see our gravel drive, our chainlink fence that has a tree growing through it, and our barn. The barn is yellow. Soon it will be red. Our insurance company said we had to paint the barn or they would cut off our insurance. They didn't tell us what color. So, being original sorts, we thought red would be good. Glen, our next door neighbor is an artist AND he owns a home improvement company. Glen will be painting the barn, as soon as it stops raining.

Come visit.

Home Sweet Home

Well, here it is, the picture you've been waiting to see. Our house. Actually, our houses. This picture was taken in March, during our home inspection. Now, the house looks much better because all of the trees and flowers are in full bloom.

We live on the "tall" side on the left. Our tennant lives on the right side. We share a front porch, but mostly , Nick and I use our side door - which is just out of view on the left side of the picture.

The tippy top windows in the front are the attic. Probably where the bat came in.

We're taking votes on what the current color of the house is. Nick thinks it's yellow, I vote for green. We both agree that it's very dirty and should be washed. Washing the house is about 756 on our list of things to do to the house.

I did some research and the house was built somewhere between 1875-1887. Franco's Pizza used to be JH Piggott's Implement Shop, which was built in 1860. We live in an old, old town.

In the background you can see the historic Hopewell House Liquor Store. It is very useful to have a liquor store this close to your house.